Where does “dūfan” come from?

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

dūfan (Old English): to duck, dive, sink, penetrate; to dive

Definitions

  1. to duck, dive, sink, penetrate; to dive

Ancestry of “dūfan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*dūbanto dive
2Proto-Germanicdūbanąto dive, to sink

Words derived from “dūfan”

Every word from Proto-Germanic dūbaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *dūban →