Where does “divvy duck” come from?

divvy duck (English) comes from English diving, from English dive, from Middle English diven, from Old English dūfan, from Proto-West Germanic *dūban, from Proto-Germanic dūbaną — to dive, to sink.

divvy duck (English): The little grebe

Definitions

  1. The little grebe

Ancestry of “divvy duck”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishdivingpresent participle of dive; The action of the...
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
Every word from Proto-Germanic dūbaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *dūban →Every word from Old English dūfan →