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Where does “duganą” come from?

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

duganą (Proto-Germanic): to be useful, to avail

Definitions

  1. to be useful, to avail

Ancestry of “duganą”, step by step

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

Words derived from “duganą”

  • dow
  • dowable
  • dugnad
  • dowless
  • dowsome
  • funktionstüchtig
  • tüchtig
  • Taugenichts
  • taugen
  • kriegstüchtig
  • untüchtig
  • Tüchtigkeit
  • tauge
  • geschäftstüchtig
  • tuhti
  • taŭgi
  • taŭga
  • deugen
  • deugniet
  • dogen
  • duchtig
  • duga
  • duglig
  • duktig
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