Reconstruction:Old English/docce

This Old English entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *dokkā, from Proto-Germanic *dukkǭ. Cognate with Old Saxon dokka (“swing, doll”), Old High German tokka (“stook, skein, doll, swing”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdok.ke/

Noun

*docce f

bundle, wisp
muscle fibres, muscle

Declension

Declension of *docce (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	*docce	*doccan
accusative	*doccan	*doccan
genitive	*doccan	*doccena
dative	*doccan	*doccum

Derived terms

docga (possibly)
fingerdocce

Descendants

Middle English: *dokke, dok (merger with Old Norse *dokkr)
- English: dock
- Scots: dok

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