Duch
Central Franconian edit
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Etymology edit
From Old High German (*)duoh, northern variant of tuoh, from Proto-Germanic *dōkaz. Cognate with German Tuch (“cloth; towel”), Dutch doek (“cloth”), Danish dug (“cloth; tablecloth”), English duck (“canvas”).
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Noun edit
Duch n (plural Diecher, diminutive Diechelche)
- (most dialects of Moselle Franconian) cloth
Luxembourgish edit
Etymology edit
From Old High German (*)duoh, northern variant of tuoh, from Proto-Germanic *dōkaz. Cognate with German Tuch (“cloth; towel”), Dutch doek (“cloth”), Danish dug (“cloth; tablecloth”), English duck (“canvas”).
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Noun edit
Duch n (plural Dicher)
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Further reading edit
- Duch in the Lëtzebuerger Online Dictionnaire
Middle English edit
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From Middle Dutch duutsch and Middle Low German dütsch, düdesch, in turn from Proto-Germanic *þiudiskaz. Doublet of thedisch.
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Duch
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Duch
- German, Low German, Dutch (languages)
- heigher Duche ― High German
- louer Duche ― Low German
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Further reading edit
- “Dū̆ch, adj. & n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 13 February 2023.
Pennsylvania German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German tuoch, from Old High German (*)duoh, northern variant of tuoh, from Proto-West Germanic *dōk, from Proto-Germanic *dōkaz.
Cognate with German Tuch (“cloth; towel”), Dutch doek (“cloth”), Danish dug (“cloth; tablecloth”), English duck (“canvas”).
Noun edit
Duch n (plural Dicher)
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Polish edit
Etymology edit
From duch (“ghost, spirit”).
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Proper noun edit
Duch m pers
- a male surname
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Proper noun edit
Duch f (indeclinable)
- a female surname
Further reading edit
- “Duch”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022