Where does “goalkicking” come from?

goalkicking (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.

goalkicking (English): The goalkicker's task of kicking for penalties...

Definitions

  1. The goalkicker's task of kicking for penalties...

Ancestry of “goalkicking”, step by step

goalkicking traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English kicking

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishkickingTerrific, great smart, fashionable; Alive,...
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 goal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgoalA result that one is attempting to achieve; In...
2Middle Englishgolboundary, limit
3Old Englishgālobstacle, barrier, marker; wanton; wicked; bad;...
4Basquegailudevice
5Proto-Germanicgailōa gap; crevice; chasm; ravine
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰēy-to yawn, gape; to go
Every word from Proto-North Caucasian bVc̣VEvery word from Proto-North Caucasian bVχc̣VEvery word from Proto-Indo-European bʰuǵ-