Where does “kickboard” come from?

kickboard (English) comes 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, from Frankish bukk — young he-goat.

kickboard (English): A small, buoyant board used to support a...

Definitions

  1. A small, buoyant board used to support a...

Ancestry of “kickboard”, step by step

kickboard traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English kick

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

via English board

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishboardA relatively long, wide and thin piece of any...
2Englishboardridersurfer
3EnglishriderOne who rides, often on a horse or a motorcycle;...
4Middle EnglishridereAlternative form of ryder
5Middle EnglishryderA rider or equestrian; one who rides a horse; A...
6Old Englishrīdererider, knight
7Old Englishrīdanto ride
8Proto-West Germanicrīdanto ride
9Proto-Germanicrīdanąto ride
10Proto-Indo-Europeanrēydʰ-
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together
Every word from Proto-North Caucasian bVc̣V