The English word dog
comes from Middle English dogge,
from Old English docga, a
"powerful dog breed". The term may
possibly derive from Proto-Germanic dukkon,
represented in Old English finger-docce
("finger-muscle"). The word also shows
the familiar petname diminutive -ga
also seen in frogga "frog",
picga "pig", stagga "stag", wicga "beetle, worm", among
others. The term dog may ultimately derive from the earliest layer of
Proto-Indo-European vocabulary, reflecting the role of the dog as the earliest domesticated
animal. Source
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