Old English · noun

docga

Part of speech: noun, masculine
Declension: weak
IPA: /ˈdoɡ.ɡɑ/
Syllables: ˈdoɡ · ɡɑ (2 syllables)
Modern English: dog hound

Meaning

a powerful kind of dog, a hound

Declension

Declension of docga
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	docga	docgan
Accusative	docgan	docgan
Genitive	docgan	docgena
Dative	docgan	docgum

Etymology

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 clipping of a construction such as *hundocga, formed from hund in analogy with terms such as frocga or *picga; or a diminutive of *docce (“stump, dock, doll”). See dog.

Descendants

dog

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