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Where does “didapper” come from?

didapper (English) comes from Middle English dydoppar, from Middle English douedoppe, from Old English dūfedoppa, from Old English doppa, from Low German düppen, from Old Saxon dōpian, from Proto-West Germanic daupijan, from Proto-Germanic daupijaną — deep, hollow; depths, hollow, deep, bottom.

didapper (English): A small diving water bird frequenting rivers and...

Definitions

  1. A small diving water bird frequenting rivers and...

Ancestry of “didapper”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishdydoppar—
2Middle Englishdouedoppe—
3Old Englishdūfedoppa—
4Old Englishdoppadiver
5Low Germandüppento dip
6Old Saxondōpian—
7Proto-West Germanicdaupijanto dip, to immerse
8Proto-Germanicdaupijanąto dip , to immerse
9Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewb-deep, hollow; depths, hollow, deep, bottom
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