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ArchivesCHUCK as an imitative "term of endearment"?
This site, like some name books I know, explains CHUCK as a pet form of CHARLES. Now Hanks & Hodges come up with something different:
It derives from the English term of endearment, itself probably from Middle English chukken to cluck (of imitative origin). It is now often used as a pet form of Charles.
(Hanks & Hodges, Oxford Dictionary of First Names, 1992)
What shall we think of this?
It derives from the English term of endearment, itself probably from Middle English chukken to cluck (of imitative origin). It is now often used as a pet form of Charles.
(Hanks & Hodges, Oxford Dictionary of First Names, 1992)
What shall we think of this?
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