deech

The story

1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*dōkaz“rag”
2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*dōkijan“to apply with a rag or cloth, smear”
3. Old English · inherited fromdēċan“to smear, plaster, daub”
4. Middle English · inherited fromdechen
5. English todaydeech

From Middle English dechen, from Old English dēċan (“to smear, plaster, daub”), from Proto-West Germanic *dōkijan (“to apply with a rag or cloth, smear”), from *dōk (“cloth, rag”), from Proto-Germanic *dōkaz (“rag”); see duck (“canvas, cloth”). Cognate with Dutch doeken, German tuchen. For the noun sense, compare gound.

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