dodge · verb, noun, adjective1
- Proto-Germanic · derived from*dud-“to move”
- Middle English · inherited from*dodden
- English todaydodge
Likely from dialectal dodge, dod, dodd (“to jog, trudge along, totter", also "to jerk, jig”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from unrecorded Middle English *dodden, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *dud- (“to move”), related to Old English dydrian, dyderian (“to delude, deceive”), Middle English dideren (“to tremble, quake, shiver”), English dodder, Norwegian dudra (“to tremble”).
Dodge · proper noun2
From a Middle English diminutive form of Roger.
Words from the same roots
Middle English*dodden all →
doddodman
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.