Proto-Germanic

*dūkaną

‘to dip, dive, bend down, stoop, duck’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *dūkaną.

2 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *dūkaną, most familiar first.

• duck ← ducken ← *dūcan ← *dūkan
• ducky ← duck ← doke ← dū̆ce ← *dūkan

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *dūkaną