Proto-Germanic: *dū[f]an-/*diu[f]an- vb., *dubala-, *dū[f]ōn, *dau[f]ian- vb., *dū[f]ian- vb. etc.
Meaning: sink
Old Norse: dūfa f. `Welle', dǖfa wk. `tauchen', deyfa wk. `tauchen, taufen'
Old Swedish: dūva st. V.? `tauchen'
Old English: ā-dīefan; dǖfan `tauchen'; dūfan `tauchen'
English: dive
Old Saxon: bi-dōvian
Middle Low German: be-dūven `überschüttet, bedeckt werden', bedoven `niedergesunken', dobbe `niedriges und sumpfiges Land'
Old High German: tobal `enges Tal'
Middle High German: tobel st. m. 'waldtal, schlucht'
German: { Tobel }
