Where does “duiken” come from?

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

duiken (Dutch): to dive

Definitions

  1. to dive

Ancestry of “duiken”, step by step

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

Words derived from “duiken”

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