docga

Old English

Alternative forms

dogga

Etymology

Unknown origin. There are several theories, none with much evidence. Possibly a diminutive of dox (“dark, dusky”) +‎ -ga (diminutive suffix) (similar to frox >> frocga); or a diminutive of *docce (“stump, dock, doll”). See dog.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdoɡ.ɡɑ/

Noun

docga m (nominative plural docgan)

(late) a powerful kind of dog, a hound

Declension

Declension of docga (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	docga	docgan
accusative	docgan	docgan
genitive	docgan	docgena
dative	docgan	docgum

Descendants

Middle English: dogge, dog, doge, doke
- English: dog (see there for further descendants)
- Scots: dug
- Yola: dug

References

Only attested once, where genitive plural docgena glosses Latin canum.
“docga”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

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