doec

doec

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *duoc, from Proto-West Germanic *dōk.

Noun

doec m or n

1. cloth

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

• doeck
• dōk

Descendants

• Dutch: doek
  • Afrikaans: doek
    • → English: doek
    • → Shona: dhuku
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: duku
  • Jersey Dutch: duk
  • Negerhollands: doek, doekoe
  • → Akan: duku
    • → Nkonya: duku
    • → Wali (Ghana): ’duuku
  • → Akebu: ɖuku-yǝ (via an intermediary language)
  • → Arawak: doko
  • → Aukan: duku
  • → English: duck, dook
  • → Fon: dukwí
  • → Indonesian: duk
  • → Japanese: ズック
  • → Mbelime: dukìhṵ̀ (via an intermediary language)
  • → Nawdm: dukŋa (via an intermediary language)
  • → Scots: dook
  • → Sranan Tongo: duku
    • → Caribbean Javanese: duku
    • → Dutch: doekoe
• Limburgish: dook

Further reading

• “doec”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “doec”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN