טוקן

ETYMOLOGY

[The Yiddish form is from Upper German.]
MHG (Upper German) tucken, (Central German) tücken, ENHG ducken, tucken, tücken, NHG ducken (borrowed from Low German!) < ✱dukkjan-; intensive of ✱dūkan- 'to duck':
Related: English to duck, MHG tūchen, NHG tauchen (see טויכן); from PGmc ✱dūkan- 'to duck'.
MHG tocken 'to immerse'; from PGmc ✱dukkōn- 'to duck' < ✱dʰugʰ-néh₂-, from the PIE root ✱dʰeugʰ- 'to be fit (perhaps earlier: to fall)' (see טויגן).
OE dūce, English duck.