Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/dokkā

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *dukkǭ.

Noun

*dokkā f

  1. something round, ball; mass, lump
  2. muscle; strength
  3. bundle; stook, wisp; skein
  4. doll (fashioned out of a bundle of straw or flax)
Inflection
ōn-stem
Singular
Nominative *dokkā
Genitive *dokkōn
Singular Plural
Nominative *dokkā *dokkōn
Accusative *dokkōn *dokkōn
Genitive *dokkōn *dokkōnō
Dative *dokkōn *dokkōm, *dokkum
Instrumental *dokkōn *dokkōm, *dokkum
Descendants
  • 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

Etymology 2

Unknown. Perhaps a specialised use of Etymology 1 above, or from Proto-Indo-European *dʰew- (“dark”).

Noun

*dokkā f

  1. (botany) dock (plant)
    Synonym: *amprō
Inflection
ōn-stem
Singular
Nominative *dokkā
Genitive *dokkōn
Singular Plural
Nominative *dokkā *dokkōn
Accusative *dokkōn *dokkōn
Genitive *dokkōn *dokkōnō
Dative *dokkōn *dokkōm, *dokkum
Instrumental *dokkōn *dokkōm, *dokkum
Descendants
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