Where does “tucker” come from?
Tucker derives from English tuck, Old Occitan tuc, and Middle Dutch tucken, tracing back through Latin -arius and Proto-Italic -os.
tucker (English): To tire out or exhaust a person or animal; One...
Definitions
- To tire out or exhaust a person or animal; One...
Ancestry of “tucker”, step by step
tucker traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English tuck
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tuck | To pull or gather up; To push into a snug... |
| 2 | Old French | estoc | rapier; end of a sword, rapier; the point of a... |
| 3 | Italian | stocco | tuck; A rapier, a sword; corn plant after cobs... |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | stōken | — |
| 5 | Old Dutch | stokon | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | stukōną | to push, to thrust |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewg- | to push, to hit |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tew- | to push, to hit |
via Middle English tukere
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | tukere | tucker, fuller |
| 2 | Middle English | ēre | The ear organ that receives sound |
| 3 | Old English | ēare | ear |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | auʀā | ear |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | ausô | ear |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ṓws | ear |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ew- | to enjoy; to consume; to perceive, see, to be... |