English

kickboard

From kick + board.

A compound of kick + board

Proto-Germanic *kaikaz ‘bent backwards’

Old Norse kikna ‘to sink at the knees’

Middle English kyken ‘to strike out with the foot’

English kick

Proto-Germanic *burdą ‘board’

Proto-West Germanic *bord ‘board’

Old English bord ‘board’

Middle English boord

English board

Today it means

noun A small, buoyant board used to support a swimmer's upper body and arms while allowing free kicking movements.

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

Etymograph / kickboard