Etymology

duiker

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Today it means: Any of several species of small southern African antelopes of the Cephalophinae subfamily. Full definition →

Afrikaans duiker ← Dutch duiker ← Middle Dutch dukere
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  1. Middle Dutch · derived fromdukere
  2. Dutch · derived fromduiker
  3. Afrikaans · borrowed fromduiker
  4. English todayduiker

Borrowed from Afrikaans duiker (literally “diver”), from Dutch duiker, from Middle Dutch dukere. Piecewise doublet of ducker.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.