English

Peking duck

Calque from Chinese 北京烤鴨／北京烤鸭 (Běijīng kǎoyā).

A compound of Peking + duck

Chinese 北京

Proto-Germanic *dūkaną ‘to dip, dive, bend down, stoop, duck’

Proto-West Germanic *dūkan ‘to dive, dive under’

Old English *dūcan ‘to dip, dive, duck’

Middle English ducken ‘to duck, plunge under water, submerge’

English duck

Today it means

noun A Chinese dish consisting of roasted duck skin, small pancakes, hoisin sauce and other ingredients.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Peking duck