Where does “underkecks” come from?
underkecks (English) comes from English kecks, from English kicks, from English kick, from English kick the bucket, from English bucket, from Middle English boket, from Anglo-Norman buket, from Old French buc — young he-goat.
underkecks (English): Underpants
Definitions
- Underpants
Ancestry of “underkecks”, step by step
underkecks traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English kecks
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | kecks | trousers; underpants |
| 2 | English | kicks | plural of kick; API pl; Pleasures, thrills |
| 3 | English | kick | To strike or hit with the foot or other extremity... |
| 4 | English | kick the bucket | To die; Of a machine, to break down such that it... |
| 5 | English | bucket | A container made of rigid material, often with a... |
| 6 | Middle English | boket | bucket |
| 7 | Anglo-Norman | buket | tub, pail; bucket |
| 8 | Old French | buc | abdomen; object with a cavity; trunk, torso;... |
| 9 | Latin | buccus | he-goat |
| 10 | Frankish | bukk | male goat; buck, goat; buck, male goat |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | *bukkaz | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰuǵ- | buck, he-goat |
| 13 | Proto-North Caucasian | bVχc̣V | — |
| 14 | Proto-North Caucasian | bVc̣V | young he-goat |