Where does “handduk” come from?

handduk (Swedish) comes from Swedish duk, from Old Norse dúkr, from Middle Low German dôk, from Old Saxon dōk, from Proto-West Germanic dōk, from Proto-Germanic dōkaz, from Proto-Indo-European dwōg-.

handduk (Swedish): a towel (cloth for drying)

Definitions

  1. a towel (cloth for drying)

Ancestry of “handduk”, step by step

handduk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish duk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishduktablecloth; a piece of cloth used for protection...
2Old Norsedúkrcloth
3Middle Low Germandôk—
4Old Saxondōk—
5Proto-West Germanicdōkcloth, rag
6Proto-Germanicdōkazcloth, rag
7Proto-Indo-Europeandwōg-—

via Swedish hand

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SwedishhandA hand; A hand; the set of cards held by a player
2Old SwedishhandA hand; A direction; A behalf
3Old Norsehǫndhand
4Proto-Germanichanduzhand

Words derived from “handduk”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dwōg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic dōkaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic dōk →