Etymology

dook

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Today it means: To make a certain clucking sound. Full definition →

Dutch doek ← Middle Dutch doec ← Old Dutch *dōc
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dook · verb, noun1

Onomatopoeic.

dook · verb2

From duck.

dook · noun3

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*dwōg-
  2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*dōkaz“cloth”
  3. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*dōk
  4. Old Dutch · derived from*dōc
  5. Middle Dutch · derived fromdoec
  6. Dutch · borrowed fromdoek“cloth, fabric, canvas”
  7. English todaydook

From Dutch doek (“cloth, fabric, canvas”), from Middle Dutch doec, from Old Dutch *dōc, from Proto-West Germanic *dōk, from Proto-Germanic *dōkaz (“cloth”), from Proto-Indo-European *dwōg-, *dwōk- (“cloth”). See also duck (cloth).

Words from the same roots

Dutchdoek all →

duckdoek

Middle Dutchdoec all →

doek

Old Dutch*dōc all →

duck

Proto-West Germanic*dōk all →

duckdoek

Proto-Germanic*dōkaz all →

duckdeechdoek

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.