Where does “tog” come from?
tog (Old Swedish) comes from Middle Low German doch, from Old Saxon thōh, from Proto-Germanic þauh, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.
Ancestry of “tog”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle Low German | doch | — |
| 2 | Old Saxon | thōh | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | þauh | nevertheless, though |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -hw | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -hwe | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -kʷe | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |