dúkur

Inherited from Old Norse dúkr, borrowed from Middle Low German dôk, dûk, from Old Saxon dōk, from Proto-West Germanic *dōk (“cloth, rag”), from Proto-Germanic *dōkaz (“cloth, rag”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwōg- (“cloth”)

Cognate with Danish dug, Swedish duk, Norwegian Nynorsk duk, Norwegian Bokmål duk, and German Tuch.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʉuːkʊɹ/
• Rhymes: -ʉuːkʊɹ

dúkur m (genitive singular dúks, plural dúkar)

1. tablecloth

From Old Norse dúkr, borrowed from Middle Low German dôk, dûk, from Old Saxon dōk, from Proto-West Germanic *dōk (“cloth, rag”), from Proto-Germanic *dōkaz (“cloth, rag”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwōg- (“cloth”).

Cognate with Danish dug, Swedish duk, Norwegian Nynorsk duk, Norwegian Bokmål duk, and German Tuch.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtuːkʏr/
• Rhymes: -uːkʏr

dúkur m (genitive singular dúks, nominative plural dúkar)

1. cloth, sheet (usually fabric, but also refers to things like e.g. linoleum flooring)