Where does “toq” come from?
toq (Old Turkic) comes from Proto-Turkic *tōk, from Old Turkic tod-, from German tōd, from Middle High German tōt, from Old High German tōt, from Proto-West Germanic daud, from Proto-Germanic daudaz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰowHtós.
Ancestry of “toq”, step by step
toq traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Proto-Turkic *tōk
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Turkic | *tōk | — |
| 2 | Old Turkic | tod- | — |
| 3 | German | tōd | death |
| 4 | Middle High German | tōt | — |
| 5 | Old High German | tōt | dead |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | daud | dead |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | daudaz | dead |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰowHtós | — |
via Arabic طَوْق
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arabic | طَوْق | — |