English
manshift
From man + shift.
Proto-Germanic *mann- ‘human being, person, man’
Proto-West Germanic *mann ‘person’
Old English mann ‘human being, person, man’
Middle English man
English man
Proto-Indo-European *skey- ‘to cut’
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Proto-Germanic *skiftijaną ‘to divide’
Proto-West Germanic *skiftijan
Old English sċiftan ‘to divide’
Middle English schiften ‘to split’
English shift
Today it means
noun The amount of work that can be done by one person in one work shift.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / manshift