English
sailduck
From sail + duck (“canvas-like material, rag”).
A compound of sail + duck ‘canvas-like material, rag’
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 Duck (a type of fabric) used as sailcloth.
Sources
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