An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Docke

by Friedrich Kluge

Docke, s., ‘doll,’ from MidHG. tocke, f., ‘doll,’ also ‘young girl,’ OHG. toccha, ‘doll.’ The word is not sound in the oldest periods of the other dialects, nor can the ModHG. meanings, ‘skein, yarn,’ be authenticated from MidHG., OHG., and the early stages of cognate languages; yet there is no reason to doubt the real Teut. origin of the word.