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Where does “dōk” come from?

dōk (Old Frisian) comes from Proto-West Germanic dōk, from Proto-Germanic dōkaz, from Proto-Indo-European dwōg-.

Ancestry of “dōk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicdōk—
2Proto-Germanicdōkazcloth, rag
3Proto-Indo-Europeandwōg-—

Words derived from “dōk”

  • Douk
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dwōg- →