Where does “bucket” come from?
Bucket comes from Middle English buket, from Anglo-Norman buket, from Proto-Germanic bukkaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European bʰuǵ-.
bucket (English): A container made of rigid material, often with a...
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- A container made of rigid material, often with a...
Ancestry of “bucket”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | boket | bucket |
| 2 | Anglo-Norman | buket | tub, pail; bucket |
| 3 | Old French | buc | abdomen; object with a cavity; trunk, torso;... |
| 4 | Latin | buccus | he-goat |
| 5 | Frankish | bukk | male goat; buck, goat; buck, male goat |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *bukkaz | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰuǵ- | buck, he-goat |
| 8 | Proto-North Caucasian | bVχc̣V | — |
| 9 | Proto-North Caucasian | bVc̣V | young he-goat |