Re: [tied] doch, donc

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 6615
Date: 2001-03-16

<doch> and <though> (of Norse origin, but related to OE þeah, cf. also Goth. þau, þauh 'than'), represent Germanic *þaux 'for all that', apparently consisting of some form of *to- 'it, that' plus *-kWe.
 
I suppose <donc> is indeed a simplification of <donques> = "de + onques/onc". Our Francophone members will surely know.
 
Piotr 
 
 
 
----- Original Message -----
From: Kraig Hausmann
To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, March 16, 2001 8:35 PM
Subject: Re: [tied] doch, donc

I looked in my Duden Herkunftswoerterbuch and it actually did not have an entry for 'doch.'  After the shock wore off, I realized that 'doch' is probably cognate with the English word, 'though.'  I doubt 'doch' and 'donc' are related.  Perhaps donc is a contraction of some earlier romance form, d', de+ onc?