Where does “diven” come from?

diven (Middle English) comes from Old English dūfan, from Proto-West Germanic *dūban, from Proto-Germanic dūbaną — to dive, to sink.

Ancestry of “diven”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishdūfanto duck, dive, sink, penetrate; to dive
2Proto-West Germanic*dūbanto dive
3Proto-Germanicdūbanąto dive, to sink

Words derived from “diven”

Every word from Proto-Germanic dūbaną →