Where does “ducken” come from?

ducken (Luxembourgish) comes from Proto-West Germanic dūkan, from Proto-Germanic dūkaną — to duck, to dive under.

ducken (Luxembourgish): to duck

Definitions

  1. to duck

Ancestry of “ducken”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicdūkanto duck, to dive under
2Proto-Germanicdūkanąto duck, to dive under
Every word from Proto-Germanic dūkaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic dūkan →