Buck
Appearance
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- (surname): Book
Etymology
[edit]- For both the English surname and given name, originally a nickname for someone who resembled a buck.
- Also as an English topographic surname, from Middle English buk (modern beech).
- As a German and Dutch surname, shortened from Burkhard, compare Burkhart.
- As a north German and Danish surname, from Middle Low German bûk (“belly”), from Old Saxon būk, from Proto-West Germanic *būk, from Proto-Germanic *būkaz. Compare Bauch.
- Also as a German and Dutch surname, variant of Bock.
- Also as a German surname, variant of Puck.
- As a Germanized Lower Sorbian surname, from buk (“beech”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Buck
- An English surname transferred from the nickname.
- A male given name from Old English.
- A German surname, a variant of Buch.
- An unincorporated community in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States.
- A township in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.
- A township in Hardin County, Ohio, United States.
Alternative forms
[edit]- Bucke (English surname)
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Buck”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 244.
Plautdietsch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Low German bûk, from Old Saxon būk, from Proto-West Germanic *būk, from Proto-Germanic *būkaz.
Noun
[edit]Buck m (plural Bucks)
Derived terms
[edit]Categories:
- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from German
- English terms derived from Dutch
- English terms derived from Danish
- English terms derived from Middle Low German
- English terms derived from Old Saxon
- English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- English terms derived from Lower Sorbian
- English 1-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/ʌk
- Rhymes:English/ʌk/1 syllable
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English surnames
- English surnames from nicknames
- English given names
- English male given names
- English male given names from Old English
- en:Unincorporated communities in Pennsylvania, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in the United States
- en:Places in Pennsylvania, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- en:Townships
- en:Places in Ohio, USA
- Plautdietsch terms inherited from Middle Low German
- Plautdietsch terms derived from Middle Low German
- Plautdietsch terms inherited from Old Saxon
- Plautdietsch terms derived from Old Saxon
- Plautdietsch terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Plautdietsch terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Plautdietsch terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Plautdietsch terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Plautdietsch lemmas
- Plautdietsch nouns
- Plautdietsch masculine nouns
- Plautdietsch 1-syllable words