Etymology

turducken

tur·duck·en
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Today it means: A dish, usually roasted, consisting of a deboned turkey stuffed with a deboned duck that has been stuffed with a small deboned chicken, and also containing stuffing. Full definition →

English chicken ← Middle English chiken ← Old English ċicen
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  1. Proto-Turkic*tür(ü)k
  2. Old Turkic𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜 (t²ẅr²ẅk²)
  3. Middle Persian[script needed] (twlk' /⁠Turk⁠/)
  4. Classical Persianتُرْک (turk)
  5. Medieval GreekΤοῦρκος (Toûrkos)
  6. Medieval GreekΤουρκίᾱ (Tourkíā)
  7. Medieval LatinTurcia
  8. Anglo-NormanTurkye
  9. Middle EnglishTurkye
  10. EnglishTurkey
  11. Englishturkey
  12. Proto-Germanic*dūkaną
  13. Proto-West Germanic*dūkan
  14. Old Englishdū̆ce
  15. Middle Englishdoke
  16. Englishduck
  17. Proto-Germanic*keukô
  18. Proto-Germanic*kukkaz
  19. Proto-West Germanic*kiukīn?
  20. Proto-Germanic*kukkīną?
  21. Old Englishċicen
  22. Middle Englishchiken
  23. Englishchicken
  24. English todayturducken

Blend of tur(key) + duck + (chick)en.

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