dog
“dog” is a Danish word. Its 3 meanings in English:
adverb
- however
- Conveying impressedness, emotional affectation, bewilderment.
conjunction
Etymology
From Middle Low German doch, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *þauh. Replaced native to, from Old Danish tho, from Old Norse þó. The word survived in Jutlandic dialects well into the 1950s as a discourse marker. Cf. also enddog.
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