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Where does “dydoppar” come from?

dydoppar (Middle English) comes from Middle English douedoppe, from Old English dūfedoppa, from Old English doppa, from Low German düppen, from Old Saxon dōpian, from Proto-West Germanic daupijan, from Proto-Germanic daupijaną, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewb- — deep, hollow; depths, hollow, deep, bottom.

Ancestry of “dydoppar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishdouedoppe—
2Old Englishdūfedoppa—
3Old Englishdoppadiver
4Low Germandüppento dip
5Old Saxondōpian—
6Proto-West Germanicdaupijanto dip, to immerse
7Proto-Germanicdaupijanąto dip , to immerse
8Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewb-deep, hollow; depths, hollow, deep, bottom

Words derived from “dydoppar”

  • didapper
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