Where does “puck-handling” come from?
puck-handling (English) comes from English Puck, from English Pike, from French piqué, from French piquer, from Middle French picquer, from Old French piquer, from Vulgar Latin piccare, from Frankish pikkōn — "low-pitch humming noise".
puck-handling (English): The ability to control the puck; stickhandling
Definitions
- The ability to control the puck; stickhandling
Ancestry of “puck-handling”, step by step
puck-handling traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Puck
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Puck | A mischievous sprite in Celtic mythology and English folklore |
| 2 | English | Pike | A member of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity |
| 3 | French | piqué | past participle of piquer; dive; two fabrics... |
| 4 | French | piquer | to prick; to sting; to nick, pinch, steal |
| 5 | Middle French | picquer | to sting |
| 6 | Old French | piquer | to pierce with the tip of a sword |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | piccare | to puncture; to sting, strike; to pierce |
| 8 | Frankish | pikkōn | to peck, strike |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | pikōną | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bew- | "low-pitch humming noise" |