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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dukkǭ

This Proto-Germanic 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.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From pre-Germanic *dʰugʰ-néh₂-, from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰewgʰ- (“to produce; to be strong”). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *dugь (“strength, power”), Old Armenian յանդուգն (yandugn, “headstrong”).

Noun

*dukkǭ f

  1. power, strength
  2. muscle
  3. mass, lump
  4. bundle, stook, wisp, skein
  5. strawman, straw figure, doll

Inflection
ōn-stemDeclension of *dukkǭ (ōn-stem)
singular plural
nominative *dukkǭ *dukkōniz
vocative *dukkǭ *dukkōniz
accusative *dukkōnų *dukkōnunz
genitive *dukkōniz *dukkōnǫ̂
dative *dukkōni *dukkōmaz
instrumental *dukkōnē *dukkōmiz

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *dokkā
    • Old English: *docce
      • Middle English: *dokke, dok (merger with Old Norse *dokkr)
      • ⇒? Old English: docga (“stocky breed of dog”) (see there for descendants)
      • ⇒ Old English: fingerdocce
    • Old Frisian: *dokke
      • Saterland Frisian: Dokke
      • West Frisian: dok
    • Old Saxon: dokka
      • Middle Low German: docke
        • German Low German: Docke, Dock
    • Old Dutch: *dokka
    • Old High German: tokka, tocka
      • Middle High German: tocke
        • German: Docke
  • Old Norse: dokka
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