English
Huckstep
Huckstep may come from Proto-Germanic *Hoghstepe.
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*Hoghstepeliterally ‘high steep’uncertain
- EnglishtodayHuckstep
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*Hoghstepeliterally ‘high steep’uncertain
- EnglishtodayHuckstep
The story
Often explained as derived ultimately from Proto-Germanic *Hoghstepe (literally “high steep”), which was also a surname.
Every English word from Proto-Germanic *Hoghstepe
Today it means
name A surname.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *Hoghstepe / Huckstep