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Where does “bucke” come from?

bucke (Middle English) comes from Middle High German boteche, from Old High German botega, from Latin lātus, from Latin cauda, from Proto-Italic kaudā, from Proto-Indo-European keh₂udeh₂.

bucke (Middle English): Alternative form of bukke

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of bukke

Ancestry of “bucke”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanboteche—
2Old High Germanbotega—
3Latinlātus—
4LatincaudaA tail
5Proto-Italickaudātail
6Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂udeh₂—

Words derived from “bucke”

  • buck
  • bucks
  • buckle
  • buckling
  • bucking
  • buckboard
  • buckshot
  • buckthorn
  • unbuckle
  • bucktail
  • bushbuck
  • turnbuckle
  • buckhorn
  • reedbuck
  • blackbuck
  • sawbuck
  • postbuckling
  • megabucks
  • bucktoothed
  • humbucker
  • prongbuck
  • bucker
  • bucksaw
  • buckjumper
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