docga
Old English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Unknown origin. There are several theories, none with much evidence. Possibly a diminutive of dox (“dark, dusky”) + -ga (diminutive suffix) (similar to frox >> frocga); or a diminutive of *docce (“stump, dock, doll”). See dog.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
docga m (nominative plural docgan)
Declension edit
Declension of docga (weak)
Descendants edit
See also edit
References edit
- Only attested once, where genitive plural docgena glosses Latin canum.
- “docga”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.