Where does “douken” come from?

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

douken (Middle English): to duck, plunge under water, submerge

Definitions

  1. to duck, plunge under water, submerge

Ancestry of “douken”, step by step

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

Words derived from “douken”

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