Where does “tuck” come from?
Tuck comes from Old Occitan tuc, from Middle Dutch tucken, from Middle Dutch stoken, from Proto-Indo-European dewk-.
tuck (English): To pull or gather up; To push into a snug...
Definitions
- To pull or gather up; To push into a snug...
Ancestry of “tuck”, step by step
tuck traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French estoc
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | estoc | rapier; end of a sword, rapier; the point of a... |
| 2 | Italian | stocco | tuck; A rapier, a sword; corn plant after cobs... |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | stōken | — |
| 4 | Old Dutch | stokon | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | stukōną | to push, to thrust |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewg- | to push, to hit |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tew- | to push, to hit |