Talk:Dolch

I compiled the etymology from the relevant sources without giving undue weight to my personal opinion, but perhaps I may mention it here: We have Middle Dutch dolle (dagger) from Latin dolo since ca. 1350. From this a diminutive dolleken was formed, which yielded French dollequin ca. 1400. This was then borrowed into German along the Alemannic-French boundary, explaining the shift [k] > [x] as well as the fact that the diminutive was not recognized as such (the suffix -chen doesn't exist in Upper German). The resulting dolchen was declined as a weak masculine noun, yielding the nominative dolch ca. 1450~1500. This form then spread northwards again and was reborrowed into Dutch ca. 1550 as dolk with [lx] > [lk] through analogy and/or influence by the inherited dolleken. 88.64.225.53 13:40, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
 * I think this is the most logical explanation. Leasnam (talk) 01:32, 4 January 2024 (UTC)