Etymology Explorer › Middle High German

Where does “buckel” come from?

buckel (Middle High German) comes from Old French boucle, from Latin buccula, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

buckel (Middle High German): boss; hump

Definitions

  1. boss; hump

Ancestry of “buckel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchbouclebuckle
2Latinbucculalittle cheek or mouth; the beaver, part of a...
3Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
4Proto-Italic-olos—
5Proto-Italic-elos—
6Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
7Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “buckel”

  • bucklig
  • Buckelkopfbuntbarsch
  • Buckel
  • Buckelwal
  • gebuckelt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →