English

kickline

From kick + line.

A compound of kick + line

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 *līną ‘flax’

Proto-Germanic *līnǭ ‘line’

Proto-West Germanic *līnā ‘line’

Old English līne ‘line’

Middle English line ‘rope’

English line

Today it means

noun A line of dancers who perform a kicking dance such as the cancan.

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

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