English
shiftful
From shift + -ful.
Formed from shift + -ful
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
adj Habitually travelling; itinerant.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / shiftful