Where does “Kickerin” come from?

Kickerin (German) comes from German Kicker, from English kicker, 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.

Ancestry of “Kickerin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKickersoccer player/football player
2EnglishkickerOne who kicks; One who takes kicks; The kicking...
3EnglishkickTo strike or hit with the foot or other extremity...
4Englishkick the bucketTo die; Of a machine, to break down such that it...
5EnglishbucketA container made of rigid material, often with a...
6Middle Englishboketbucket
7Anglo-Normanbukettub, pail; bucket
8Old Frenchbucabdomen; object with a cavity; trunk, torso;...
9Latinbuccushe-goat
10Frankishbukkmale goat; buck, goat; buck, male goat
11Proto-Germanic*bukkaz
12Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰuǵ-buck, he-goat
13Proto-North CaucasianbVχc̣V
14Proto-North CaucasianbVc̣Vyoung he-goat
Every word from Proto-North Caucasian bVc̣V