Where does “Kickertisch” come from?
Kickertisch (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.
Kickertisch (German): foosball table
Definitions
- foosball table
Ancestry of “Kickertisch”, step by step
Kickertisch traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Kicker
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Kicker | soccer player/football player |
| 2 | English | kicker | One who kicks; One who takes kicks; The kicking... |
| 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 |
via German tisch
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | tisch | table a piece of furniture with a relatively deep surface at roughly waist or knee level; specific uses include |
| 2 | Middle High German | tisch | — |
| 3 | Old High German | tisc | plate |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | disk | dish |
| 5 | Latin | discus | a discus, quoit; a dish shaped like a discus;... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | diskō | learn |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | dikskō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | di-dḱ-ské-ti | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | deḱ- | take; perceive |