dok

From Middle Dutch docke (“port, harbour, roadstead”), of uncertain origin. The original sense may have been "the furrow a grounded vessel makes in a mud bank".^[1] Compare Middle Low German docke (“dock”), borrowed from the Middle Dutch.

Some sources link this word to an unattested Middle Dutch *docke (“watercourse, trench, canal”), which is a ghost word, only being inferred from Mediaeval Latin documents in the form of ducta, doctus, doccia (“conduit, canal”). However, if this theory is correct, then it would relate the word to Italian doccia (“drainpipe”).^[2]

An alternative theory ties Middle Dutch docke to a North Germanic/Scandinavian source, notably Old Norse dǫkk (“depression in the landscape, pit, pool, trench”), from Proto-Germanic *dankwaz (“dark”). If so, related to Norwegian dokk (“hollow, low ground”), Old Icelandic dökk, also dökð (“pit, pool”), Swedish dank (“marshy ground”).

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /dɔk/
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: dok
Rhymes: -ɔk

Noun[edit]

dok n (plural dokken, diminutive dokje n)

dock

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Afrikaans: dok
→ English: dock
- → French: dock
→ Indonesian: dok (“dock”)
→ Japanese: ドック
→ Papiamentu: dòk

References[edit]

^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “dock”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
^ Marlies Philippa et al., eds., Etymologisch Woordenboek van het Nederlands, A-Z, s.v. “dok” (Amsterdam UP, 3 Dec. 2009). [1]

Garo[edit]

**Garo cardinal numbers**
< 5	6	7 >
Cardinal : dok

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d-k-ruk. Cognate with Tibetan དྲུག (drug), Burmese ခြောက် (hkrauk).

Numeral[edit]

dok

six

Indonesian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): [ˈdɔk]
Hyphenation: dok

Etymology 1[edit]

From Dutch dok (“dock”), from Middle Dutch docke (“channel”), from Old Italian doccia (“conduit, canal”) or Medieval Latin ducta, ductus.

Noun[edit]

dok (first-person possessive dokku, second-person possessive dokmu, third-person possessive doknya)

dock, a fixed structure attached to shore to which a vessel is secured when in port.
Synonym: limbung

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Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

dok (first-person possessive dokku, second-person possessive dokmu, third-person possessive doknya)

Apocopic form of dokter (“doctor, physician”).

Kokborok[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d-k-ruk. Cognate with Tibetan དྲུག (drug), Burmese ခြောက် (hkrauk).

Numeral[edit]

dok

six

References[edit]

Debbarma, Binoy (2001) “dok”, in Concise Kokborok-English-Bengali Dictionary‎^[2], Language Wing, Education Department, TTAADC, →ISBN, page 39

Middle English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old English *docce, *docca, from Proto-Germanic *dukkǭ.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈdɔk(ə)/

Noun[edit]

dok

Hair cut at the tail; the dock.

Derived terms[edit]

dokkyn

Descendants[edit]

English: dock
Scots: dock

References[edit]

“dok, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-12.

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

dok

Alternative form of dokke

Mokilese[edit]

Verb[edit]

dok

(intransitive) to stab

Derived terms[edit]

doki

Polish[edit]

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

dok

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English dock, from Dutch dok or Middle Low German docke, from Middle Dutch docke, possibly from Medieval Latin ducta, from Latin dūcō.^[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /dɔk/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -ɔk
Syllabification: dok
Homophone: dog

Noun[edit]

dok m inan

(nautical) dock (fixed structure to which a vessel is secured)

Declension[edit]

Declension of dok

	singular	plural
nominative	dok	doki
genitive	doku	doków
dative	dokowi	dokom
accusative	dok	doki
instrumental	dokiem	dokami
locative	doku	dokach
vocative	doku	doki

Derived terms[edit]

adjective

dokowy

verbs

dokować impf
zadokować pf

References[edit]

^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “dok1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *do kъ, as if from dȍ + k.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /dôk/

Conjunction[edit]

dȍk (Cyrillic spelling до̏к)

while, as long as
dok je čov(j)ek mlad, ne brine o zdravlju ― while one is young, he doesn't care about health
until, till
Synonym: dóklē

ovd(j)e ću čekati dok se ona ne vrati ― I'll wait here until she returns
while, whereas
mi se brinemo za kuću, dok je njemu svejedno ― we worry about the house, while he doesn't care at all

Etymology 2[edit]

From English dock.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /dôk/

Noun[edit]

dȍk m (Cyrillic spelling до̏к)

dock, wharf
suhi/suvi dok ― dry dock

Declension[edit]

Declension of dok

	singular	plural
nominative	dȍk	dòkovi
genitive	dòka	dokova
dative	doku	dokovima
accusative	dok	dokove
vocative	doke	dokovi
locative	doku	dokovima
instrumental	dokom	dokovima

References[edit]

“dok” in Hrvatski jezični portal
“dok” in Hrvatski jezični portal
“dok”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (in Serbo-Croatian), Друго фототипско издање edition, volume 1, Нови Сад, Загреб: Матица српска, Матица хрватска, 1967–1976, published 1990, page 717

Toba Batak[edit]

Verb[edit]

dok (active mandok)

(transitive) to say

References[edit]

J. Warneck (1906) Tobabataksch-Deutsches Wörterbuch‎^[3], Batavia: Landsdrukkerij, page 59

Tok Pisin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English dog.

Noun[edit]

dok

dog

Derived terms[edit]

Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English dock.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈdok/

Noun[edit]

dok (definite accusative doku, plural doklar)

dock

Volapük[edit]

Noun[edit]

dok (nominative plural doks)

doctorate

Declension[edit]

declension of dok

	singular	plural
nominative	dok	doks
genitive	doka	dokas
dative	doke	dokes
accusative	doki	dokis
vocative ¹	o dok!	o doks!
predicative ²	doku	dokus

¹ status as a case is disputed
² in later, non-classical Volapük only

[1] Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “dock”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

[2] Marlies Philippa et al., eds., Etymologisch Woordenboek van het Nederlands, A-Z, s.v. “dok” (Amsterdam UP, 3 Dec. 2009). [1]

[3] van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “dok1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

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