Etymograph

English

Quackenbush

Quackenbush comes from Dutch Quackenbosch.

  1. Dutchc. 1500–presentQuackenbosch
  2. EnglishtodayQuackenbush

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Dutchc. 1500–presentQuackenbosch
  2. EnglishtodayQuackenbush

The story

Americanized spelling of Dutch Quackenbosch, a habitational surname from quaak (‘swamp’) + bosch (‘woodland’).

Every English word from Dutch Quackenbosch

Today it means

name A surname from Dutch.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Dutch Quackenbosch / Quackenbush

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