Where does “kaczka dziennikarska” come from?

kaczka dziennikarska (Polish) comes from French canard, from Middle French canard, from Old French quanart, from Old French cane, from Middle Low German kāne, from Old Saxon *kano, from Proto-Italic kanō, from Proto-Germanic kanô — a vessel, tub; a vessel, vat, tub.

kaczka dziennikarska (Polish): canard, hoax

Definitions

  1. canard, hoax

Ancestry of “kaczka dziennikarska”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcanardduck; drake; canard, hoax
2Middle Frenchcanardduck, male duck
3Old Frenchquanartduck
4Old Frenchcanetube
5Middle Low Germankāne—
6Old Saxon*kano—
7Proto-Italickanōto sing
8Proto-Germanickanôvessel, vat, tub; boat
9Proto-Indo-Europeangan-a vessel, tub; a vessel, vat, tub
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