Where does “kneebuckle” come from?
kneebuckle (English) comes from English buckle, from English buckling, from German Bückling, from German bücken, from German biegen, from Middle High German biegen, from Old High German biogan, from Proto-West Germanic beugan — to bend.
kneebuckle (English): A buckle that fastens the kneeband on a leg of a pair of knee breeches
Definitions
- A buckle that fastens the kneeband on a leg of a pair of knee breeches
Ancestry of “kneebuckle”, step by step
kneebuckle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English buckle
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | buckle | To distort or collapse under physical pressure;... |
| 2 | English | buckling | The act of fastening a buckle; A folding into... |
| 3 | German | Bückling | red herring; bow; bootlicker; coward |
| 4 | German | bücken | to bend down, to stoop |
| 5 | German | biegen | to bend something; to bend; to be bent; to turn;... |
| 6 | Middle High German | biegen | to bow; to bend |
| 7 | Old High German | biogan | to bow; to bend or curve |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | beugan | to bend, to become bent |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | beuganą | to bend, bow |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰūgʰ- | to bend |