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Where does “bucking” come from?

Bucking derives from English buck, from Middle Dutch bucken, from Old English bucc, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European bʰuǵ-.

bucking (English): present participle of buck; The act or process of...

Definitions

  1. present participle of buck; The act or process of...

Ancestry of “bucking”, step by step

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,...
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