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Where does “dugan” come from?

dugan (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-Germanic duganą, from Proto-Indo-European dʰedʰówgʰe, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewgʰ- — to produce, to produce something useful; to be...

dugan (Old Saxon): to avail, to serve; to be fit, to be strong; to...

Definitions

  1. to avail, to serve; to be fit, to be strong; to...

Ancestry of “dugan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicduganąto be useful, to avail
2Proto-Indo-Europeandʰedʰówgʰeto be productive
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewgʰ-to produce, to produce something useful; to be...
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