Where does “dûke” come from?

dûke (West Frisian) comes from Old Frisian dūka, from Proto-West Germanic dūkan, from Proto-Germanic dūkaną — to duck, to dive under.

dûke (West Frisian): to plunge, dive

Definitions

  1. to plunge, dive

Ancestry of “dûke”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frisiandūka—
2Proto-West Germanicdūkanto duck, to dive under
3Proto-Germanicdūkanąto duck, to dive under

Words derived from “dûke”

Every word from Proto-Germanic dūkaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic dūkan →Every word from Old Frisian dūka →