Where does “kickover” come from?

kickover (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.

kickover (English): A gymnastic move in which the gymnast uses a...

Definitions

  1. A gymnastic move in which the gymnast uses a...

Ancestry of “kickover”, step by step

kickover 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 over

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishoverDiscontinued; ended or concluded; Thoroughly;...
2Middle Englishoverriverbank, seashore, brink
3Old Englishōferriverbank, seashore, brink, edge, margin, border
4Proto-West Germanicobarover, above
5Proto-Germanicuberover; over, above
6Proto-Indo-Europeanupérabove; over
7Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-
Every word from Proto-North Caucasian bVc̣VEvery word from Proto-North Caucasian bVχc̣VEvery word from Proto-Indo-European bʰuǵ-