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Where does “bucklest” come from?

bucklest (English) comes from English buckle, from English buckling, from German Bückling, from German bücken, from German biegen, from Middle High German biegen, from Old High German biogan, from Proto-West Germanic beugan — to bend.

bucklest (English): second-person singular simple present form of...

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  1. second-person singular simple present form of...

Ancestry of “bucklest”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbuckleTo distort or collapse under physical pressure;...
2EnglishbucklingThe act of fastening a buckle; A folding into...
3GermanBücklingred herring; bow; bootlicker; coward
4Germanbückento bend down, to stoop
5Germanbiegento bend something; to bend; to be bent; to turn;...
6Middle High Germanbiegento bow; to bend
7Old High Germanbioganto bow; to bend or curve
8Proto-West Germanicbeuganto bend, to become bent
9Proto-Germanicbeuganąto bend, bow
10Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰūgʰ-to bend
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰūgʰ- →