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
Ancestry of “divvy duck”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | diving | present participle of dive; The action of the... |
| 2 | English | dive | To swim under water; To jump into water... |
| 3 | Middle English | diven | — |
| 4 | Old English | dūfan | to duck, dive, sink, penetrate; to dive |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *dūban | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | dūbaną | to dive, to sink |