Where does “nonbuckling” come from?
nonbuckling (English) comes 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, from Proto-Germanic beuganą — to bend.
nonbuckling (English): That does not buckle or collapse
Definitions
- That does not buckle or collapse
Ancestry of “nonbuckling”, step by step
nonbuckling traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English buckling
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | buckling | The act of fastening a buckle; A folding into... |
| 2 | German | Bückling | red herring; bow; bootlicker; coward |
| 3 | German | bücken | to bend down, to stoop |
| 4 | German | biegen | to bend something; to bend; to be bent; to turn;... |
| 5 | Middle High German | biegen | to bow; to bend |
| 6 | Old High German | biogan | to bow; to bend or curve |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | beugan | to bend, to become bent |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | beuganą | to bend, bow |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰūgʰ- | to bend |