Americanized spelling of German Ruckstuhl, probably a
contraction of Middle High German ruck den stuol, literally
‘move the chair’, perhaps the name of a game similar to musical
chairs.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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