English
Shrek
Shrek comes from Yiddish שרעק ‘fright’, and goes back to Middle High German schrecke.
- Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350schrecke
- Yiddishmodernשרעקshrek‘fright’
- Englishearliest quotation 2012Shrek
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350schrecke
- Yiddishmodernשרעקshrek‘fright’
- Englishearliest quotation 2012Shrek
Earliest quotation: 2012, Clodagh Murphy: “'Well, well, well, who have we got here? 'A…”
Every English word from Middle High German schrecke
Today it means
noun An extremely ugly person.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle High German schrecke / Shrek