Proto-Indo-European

*skek-

‘to move quickly, jump’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *skek-.

6 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *skek-, most familiar first.

• shock ← schokken ← *skokkan ← *skukkaną
• shake ← schaken ← sċacan ← *skakan ← *skakaną
• shoe ← scho ← sċōh ← *skōh ← *skōhaz
• shaken ← (i)shaken ← schaken ← sċacan ← *skakan
• shoon ← schon ← sċōh ← *skōh ← *skōhaz
• shog ← schoggen ← schocken ← *skokkōn ← *skakan

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *skek-