Where does “duk” come from?
duk (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse dúkr, from Middle Low German dôk, from Old Saxon dōk, from Proto-West Germanic dōk, from Proto-Germanic dōkaz, from Proto-Indo-European dwōg-.
duk (Norwegian Bokmål): a cloth, tablecloth, altar cloth, dropcloth etc;...
Definitions
- a cloth, tablecloth, altar cloth, dropcloth etc;...
Ancestry of “duk”, step by step
duk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old Norse dúkr
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | dúkr | cloth |
| 2 | Middle Low German | dôk | — |
| 3 | Old Saxon | dōk | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | dōk | cloth, rag |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | dōkaz | cloth, rag |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dwōg- | — |
via Middle Low German dūk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Low German | dūk | — |