Where does “butt-kicking” come from?
butt-kicking (English) comes from English kicking, from English kick, from English kick the bucket, from English bucket, from Middle English boket, from Anglo-Norman buket, from Old French buc, from Latin buccus — young he-goat.
butt-kicking (English): A beating; a decisive or humiliating defeat; a severe reprimand
Definitions
- A beating; a decisive or humiliating defeat; a severe reprimand
Ancestry of “butt-kicking”, step by step
butt-kicking traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English kicking
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | kicking | Terrific, great smart, fashionable; Alive,... |
| 2 | English | kick | To strike or hit with the foot or other extremity... |
| 3 | English | kick the bucket | To die; Of a machine, to break down such that it... |
| 4 | English | bucket | A container made of rigid material, often with a... |
| 5 | Middle English | boket | bucket |
| 6 | Anglo-Norman | buket | tub, pail; bucket |
| 7 | Old French | buc | abdomen; object with a cavity; trunk, torso;... |
| 8 | Latin | buccus | he-goat |
| 9 | Frankish | bukk | male goat; buck, goat; buck, male goat |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | *bukkaz | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰuǵ- | buck, he-goat |
| 12 | Proto-North Caucasian | bVχc̣V | — |
| 13 | Proto-North Caucasian | bVc̣V | young he-goat |
via English butt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | butt | The larger or thicker end of something; the blunt... |
| 2 | Middle English | butten | — |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | buter | to strike, finish |
| 4 | Old French | boter | to push, butt, strike; to strike; to push; thrust |
| 5 | Old French | bouter | to strike; to hit; to place; to put; to enter |
| 6 | Frankish | bautan | to push, strike, beat; to hit, strike; to hit,... |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | bautan | to beat |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | bautaną | to beat, push |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰewd- | to hit, strike; to beat, push; to strike, push,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰew- | to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to... |