Where does “afkicken” come from?
afkicken (Dutch) comes from Dutch kicken, from Dutch kick, from English kick, from English kick the bucket, from English bucket, from Middle English boket, from Anglo-Norman buket, from Old French buc — young he-goat.
afkicken (Dutch): to recover from or quit an addiction, to kick the habit
Definitions
- to recover from or quit an addiction, to kick the habit
Ancestry of “afkicken”, step by step
afkicken traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch kicken
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | kicken | to get a kick out of; kick |
| 2 | Dutch | kick | kick, thrill |
| 3 | English | kick | To strike or hit with the foot or other extremity... |
| 4 | English | kick the bucket | To die; Of a machine, to break down such that it... |
| 5 | English | bucket | A container made of rigid material, often with a... |
| 6 | Middle English | boket | bucket |
| 7 | Anglo-Norman | buket | tub, pail; bucket |
| 8 | Old French | buc | abdomen; object with a cavity; trunk, torso;... |
| 9 | Latin | buccus | he-goat |
| 10 | Frankish | bukk | male goat; buck, goat; buck, male goat |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | *bukkaz | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰuǵ- | buck, he-goat |
| 13 | Proto-North Caucasian | bVχc̣V | — |
| 14 | Proto-North Caucasian | bVc̣V | young he-goat |