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
- to dive; to submerge, to duck, to dunk
Ancestry of “dauchen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle High German | tūchen | — |
| 2 | Old High German | tūhhan | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | dūkan | to duck, to dive under |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | dūkaną | to duck, to dive under |