Where does “buckling” come from?
Buckling comes from English buck, from Middle Dutch bucken, from Latin buccula, a diminutive form of Latin bucca meaning cheek or mouth, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European bʰōw-.
buckling (English): The act of fastening a buckle; A folding into...
Definitions
- The act of fastening a buckle; A folding into...
Ancestry of “buckling”, step by step
buckling traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Bückling
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Bückling | red herring; bow; bootlicker; coward |
| 2 | German | bücken | to bend down, to stoop |
| 3 | German | biegen | to bend something; to bend; to be bent; to turn;... |
| 4 | Middle High German | biegen | to bow; to bend |
| 5 | Old High German | biogan | to bow; to bend or curve |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | beugan | to bend, to become bent |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | beuganą | to bend, bow |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰūgʰ- | to bend |
via English buck
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | buck | A male deer, antelope, sheep, goat, rabbit, hare,... |
| 2 | Middle English | bukke | male goat; male deer or roe |
| 3 | Old English | būc | belly, stomach; belly, stomach, pitcher; belly,... |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *būk | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | būkaz | belly, abdomen; body |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōw- | to inflate, swell; to swell, grow, thrive, be,... |