Where does “buttkicker” come from?

buttkicker (English) comes from English kicker, 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.

buttkicker (English): Something impressive, that kicks butt

Definitions

  1. Something impressive, that kicks butt

Ancestry of “buttkicker”, step by step

buttkicker traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English kicker

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishkickerOne who kicks; One who takes kicks; The kicking...
2EnglishkickTo strike or hit with the foot or other extremity...
3Englishkick the bucketTo die; Of a machine, to break down such that it...
4EnglishbucketA container made of rigid material, often with a...
5Middle Englishboketbucket
6Anglo-Normanbukettub, pail; bucket
7Old Frenchbucabdomen; object with a cavity; trunk, torso;...
8Latinbuccushe-goat
9Frankishbukkmale goat; buck, goat; buck, male goat
10Proto-Germanic*bukkaz
11Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰuǵ-buck, he-goat
12Proto-North CaucasianbVχc̣V
13Proto-North CaucasianbVc̣Vyoung he-goat

via English butt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbuttThe larger or thicker end of something; the blunt...
2Middle Englishbutten
3Anglo-Normanbuterto strike, finish
4Old Frenchboterto push, butt, strike; to strike; to push; thrust
5Old Frenchbouterto strike; to hit; to place; to put; to enter
6Frankishbautanto push, strike, beat; to hit, strike; to hit,...
7Proto-West Germanicbautanto beat
8Proto-Germanicbautanąto beat, push
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰewd-to hit, strike; to beat, push; to strike, push,...
10Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰew-to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...
Every word from Proto-North Caucasian bVc̣VEvery word from Proto-North Caucasian bVχc̣VEvery word from Proto-Indo-European bʰuǵ-
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