Where does “dauchen” come from?

dauchen (Luxembourgish) comes from Middle High German tūchen, from Old High German tūhhan, from Proto-West Germanic dūkan, from Proto-Germanic dūkaną — to duck, to dive under.

dauchen (Luxembourgish): to dive; to submerge, to duck, to dunk

Definitions

  1. to dive; to submerge, to duck, to dunk

Ancestry of “dauchen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germantūchento dive, to duck, to submerge, to become submerged
2Old High Germantūhhan—
3Proto-West Germanicdūkanto duck, to dive under
4Proto-Germanicdūkanąto duck, to dive under
Every word from Proto-Germanic dūkaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic dūkan →Every word from Old High German tūhhan →