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Where does “דאָך” come from?

דאָך (Yiddish) comes from Middle High German doch, from Old High German doh, from Proto-West Germanic þauh, from Proto-Germanic þauh, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

דאָך (Yiddish): yet, still; obviously, as you know

Definitions

  1. yet, still; obviously, as you know

Ancestry of “דאָך”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germandochyet
2Old High Germandohthough
3Proto-West Germanicþauhnevertheless, though
4Proto-Germanicþauhnevertheless, though
5Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
6Proto-Germanic-hwe—
7Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
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