Where does “duken” come from?

duken (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch dūcan, from Proto-West Germanic dūkan, from Proto-Germanic dūkaną — to duck, to dive under.

duken (Middle Dutch): to dive; to dive, to leap; to duck

Definitions

  1. to dive; to dive, to leap; to duck

Ancestry of “duken”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchdūcanto duck, dive
2Proto-West Germanicdūkanto duck, to dive under
3Proto-Germanicdūkanąto duck, to dive under

Words derived from “duken”

Every word from Proto-Germanic dūkaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic dūkan →Every word from Old Dutch dūcan →