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duckling

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Middle English dokeling

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Middle English · inherited fromdokeling
English todayduckling

From Middle English dokeling, dukling, dookelynge (“duckling”), equivalent to duck + -ling.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.