Where does “Entenküken” come from?

Entenküken (German) comes from German ente, from French canard, from Middle French canard, from Old French quanart, from Old French cane, from Middle Low German kāne, from Old Saxon *kano, from Proto-Italic kanō — a vessel, tub; a vessel, vat, tub.

Entenküken (German): duckling

Definitions

  1. duckling

Ancestry of “Entenküken”, step by step

Entenküken traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German ente

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanenteduck aquatic bird of the family Anatidae
2Frenchcanardduck; drake; canard, hoax
3Middle Frenchcanardduck, male duck
4Old Frenchquanartduck
5Old Frenchcanetube
6Middle Low Germankāne—
7Old Saxon*kano—
8Proto-Italickanōto sing
9Proto-Germanickanôvessel, vat, tub; boat
10Proto-Indo-Europeangan-a vessel, tub; a vessel, vat, tub

via German küken

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germankükenchick young bird, fledgling, hatchling, squab (of a pigeon or dove))
2Middle Low Germankuken—
3Old Saxonkiukīn—
4Proto-Germanic*kiukīn—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gan- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kanô →Every word from Proto-Italic kanō →