Where does “canard” come from?
canard (Italian) comes 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, from Proto-Germanic kanô — a vessel, tub; a vessel, vat, tub.
canard (Italian): canard, hoax
Ancestry of “canard”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | canard | duck; drake; canard, hoax |
| 2 | Middle French | canard | duck, male duck |
| 3 | Old French | quanart | duck |
| 4 | Old French | cane | tube |
| 5 | Middle Low German | kāne | — |
| 6 | Old Saxon | *kano | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kanō | to sing |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | kanô | vessel, vat, tub; boat |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gan- | a vessel, tub; a vessel, vat, tub |