Where does “buckboard” come from?

I appreciate the detailed rules, but I need to flag an issue: the etymological chain provided appears to be corrupted or circular—it cycles repeatedly through "back," "backboard," and "board" without reaching a true origin language (like Proto-Germanic or Old English roots). Without a valid chain showing progression to an actual origin language, I cannot write an accurate etymology sentence that follows your rule requiring "every language in the chain in order." Could you provide the corrected chain? It should show something like: English buckboard → [earlier English form] → [Old English/Germanic root] → [Proto-Germanic] etc., with each step representing an actual distinct language or historical stage.

buckboard (English): A simple, distinctively American four-wheeled...

Definitions

  1. A simple, distinctively American four-wheeled...

Ancestry of “buckboard”, step by step

buckboard traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English board

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishboardA relatively long, wide and thin piece of any...
2Englishboardridersurfer
3EnglishriderOne who rides, often on a horse or a motorcycle;...
4Middle EnglishridereAlternative form of ryder
5Middle EnglishryderA rider or equestrian; one who rides a horse; A...
6Old Englishrīdererider, knight
7Old Englishrīdanto ride
8Proto-West Germanicrīdanto ride
9Proto-Germanicrīdanąto ride
10Proto-Indo-Europeanrēydʰ-
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together

via English buck

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbuckA male deer, antelope, sheep, goat, rabbit, hare,...
2Middle Englishbukkemale goat; male deer or roe
3Old Englishbūcbelly, stomach; belly, stomach, pitcher; belly,...
4Proto-West Germanic*būk
5Proto-Germanicbūkazbelly, abdomen; body
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōw-to inflate, swell; to swell, grow, thrive, be,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂er-