Where does “skydiven” come from?

skydiven (Dutch) comes from English skydive, from English dive, from Middle English diven, from Old English dūfan, from Proto-West Germanic *dūban, from Proto-Germanic dūbaną — to dive, to sink.

skydiven (Dutch): to skydive

Definitions

  1. to skydive

Ancestry of “skydiven”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishskydiveAn instance of skydiving; To be in freefall after...
2EnglishdiveTo swim under water; To jump into water...
3Middle Englishdiven—
4Old Englishdūfanto duck, dive, sink, penetrate; to dive
5Proto-West Germanic*dūbanto dive
6Proto-Germanicdūbanąto dive, to sink
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