Where does “buckle” come from?
Buckle comes from Middle Dutch bucken, from Latin buccula, a diminutive of buccal stem related to Proto-Indo-European bʰōw- meaning cheek or jaw.
buckle (English): To distort or collapse under physical pressure;...
Definitions
- To distort or collapse under physical pressure;...
Ancestry of “buckle”, step by step
buckle traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English buckling
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | buckling | The act of fastening a buckle; A folding into... |
| 2 | German | Bückling | red herring; bow; bootlicker; coward |
| 3 | German | bücken | to bend down, to stoop |
| 4 | German | biegen | to bend something; to bend; to be bent; to turn;... |
| 5 | Middle High German | biegen | to bow; to bend |
| 6 | Old High German | biogan | to bow; to bend or curve |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | beugan | to bend, to become bent |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | beuganą | to bend, bow |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰūgʰ- | to bend |
via French boucle
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | boucle | loop; earring; buckle |
| 2 | Old French | boucle | buckle |
| 3 | Latin | buccula | little cheek or mouth; the beaver, part of a... |
| 4 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
via Middle English bokel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | bokel | a buckle or clasp |