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Where does “saorchic” come from?

saorchic (Irish) comes from Irish cic, from English kick, from English kick the bucket, from English bucket, from Middle English boket, from Anglo-Norman buket, from Old French buc, from Latin buccus — young he-goat.

saorchic (Irish): free kick

Definitions

  1. free kick

Ancestry of “saorchic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishcickick, punt
2EnglishkickTo strike or hit with the foot or other extremity...
3Englishkick the bucketTo die; Of a machine, to break down such that it...
4EnglishbucketA container made of rigid material, often with a...
5Middle Englishboket—
6Anglo-Normanbukettub, pail; bucket
7Old Frenchbucabdomen; object with a cavity; trunk, torso;...
8Latinbuccushe-goat
9Frankishbukkmale goat; buck, goat; buck, male goat
10Proto-Germanic*bukkaz—
11Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰuǵ-buck, he-goat
12Proto-North CaucasianbVχc̣V—
13Proto-North CaucasianbVc̣Vyoung he-goat
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