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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.
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From pre-Germanic *dʰugʰ-néh₂-, from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰewgʰ- (“to produce; to be strong”), To yield. Cognate with Proto-Slavic *dugь (“strength, power”), Old Armenian յանդուգն (yandugn, “headstrong”).
Noun
*dukkǭ f
- power, strength
- muscle
- mass, lump
- bundle, stook, wisp, skein
- strawman, straw figure, doll
Inflection
Declension of *dukkǭ (ōn-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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*dukkǭ
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*dukkōniz
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| vocative
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*dukkǭ
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*dukkōniz
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| accusative
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*dukkōnų
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*dukkōnunz
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| genitive
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*dukkōniz
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*dukkōnǫ̂
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| dative
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*dukkōni
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*dukkōmaz
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| instrumental
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*dukkōnē
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*dukkōmiz
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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
- Old Norse: dokka