Where does “duik” come from?

duik (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch duik, from Dutch duiken, from Middle Dutch duken, from Old Dutch dūcan, from Proto-West Germanic dūkan, from Proto-Germanic dūkaną — to duck, to dive under.

duik (Afrikaans): to dive

Definitions

  1. to dive

Ancestry of “duik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchduikdive, the act of diving into the water; dive,...
2Dutchduikento dive
3Middle Dutchdukento dive; to dive, to leap; to duck
4Old Dutchdūcanto duck, dive
5Proto-West Germanicdūkanto duck, to dive under
6Proto-Germanicdūkanąto duck, to dive under
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