English
shaker
From shake + -er.
A compound of shake + -er
Proto-Indo-European *skek- ‘to jump’
Proto-Germanic *skakaną ‘to shake, swing, escape’
Proto-West Germanic *skakan ‘to shake’
Old English sċacan ‘to pass or depart’
Middle English schaken ‘to rock or agitate’
English shake
Today it means
noun A person or thing that shakes, or by means of which something is shaken.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / shaker