Buck

== English == === Alternative forms === (surname): Book === Etymology === 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 === IPA(key): /bʌk/ Rhymes: -ʌk === Proper noun === 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 ==== Bucke (English surname) ==== Derived terms ==== Buck's extension Buck's fascia === See also === === Further reading === Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Buck”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 244. == Plautdietsch == === Etymology === From Middle Low German bûk, from Old Saxon būk, from Proto-West Germanic *būk, from Proto-Germanic *būkaz. === Noun === Buck m (plural Bucks) stomach, belly, tummy, abdomen ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== Buckel bucken