Where does “dūce” come from?

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

dūce (Old English): duck

Definitions

  1. duck

Ancestry of “dūce”, 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 “dūce”

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