Where does “duikelen” come from?

duikelen (Dutch) comes 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.

duikelen (Dutch): to tumble, to somersault

Definitions

  1. to tumble, to somersault

Ancestry of “duikelen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchduikento dive
2Middle Dutchdukento dive; to dive, to leap; to duck
3Old Dutchdūcanto duck, dive
4Proto-West Germanicdūkanto duck, to dive under
5Proto-Germanicdūkanąto duck, to dive under

Words derived from “duikelen”

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