*dukkǭ

Runic: ᛞᚢᚲᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈduk.kɔ̃ː/

noun · feminine · ōn-stem

Meanings

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

Etymology

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

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.dukkǭdukkōniz
Acc.dukkōnųdukkōnunz
Gen.dukkōnizdukkōnǫ̂
Dat.dukkōnidukkōmaz
Inst.dukkōnēdukkōmiz
Voc.dukkǭdukkōniz

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Descendants

  • *dokkā (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *dokka (Old Dutch)
      • docke (Middle Dutch)
        • dok (Dutch)
  • *dokkā (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *docce (Old English)
      • docga, fingerdocce (Old English)
  • *dokkā (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *docce (Old English)
      • *dokke, dok (Middle English)
        • dock (English)
        • dok (Scots)
  • *dokkā (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *dokke (Old Frisian)
      • Dokke (Saterland Frisian)
      • dok (West Frisian)
  • *dokkā (Proto-West Germanic)
    • tokka, tocka (Old High German)
      • tocke (Middle High German)
        • Docke (German)
  • *dokkā (Proto-West Germanic)
    • dokka (Old Saxon)
      • docke (Middle Low German)
        • Docke, Dock (Low German)
  • dokka (Old Norse)
    • dokka (Icelandic)
    • dukke (Norwegian)
    • docka (Swedish)
  • dokka (Old Norse)
    • dukke (Danish)
      • dukka (Faroese)
      • dúkka (Icelandic)

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