Where does “dukke” come from?

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

Ancestry of “dukke”, step by step

dukke traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English duce

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishduceduck
2Old Englishdūcanto dip, dive, duck
3Proto-West Germanicdūkanto duck, to dive under
4Proto-Germanicdūkanąto duck, to dive under

via Old English dūce

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishdūceduck

Words derived from “dukke

Every word from Proto-Germanic dūkaną