English
shove
Shove comes from Middle English schouven ‘to shove’, from Proto-West Germanic *skeuban ‘to push, to drive’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *skewbʰ-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*skewbʰ-reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*skeubaną‘to push, drive’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*skeuban‘to push, to drive’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150sċūfan‘to push, shove’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500schouven‘to shove’
- Englishearliest quotation 1470–1485shove
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*skewbʰ-reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*skeubaną‘to push, drive’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*skeuban‘to push, to drive’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150sċūfan‘to push, shove’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500schouven‘to shove’
- Englishearliest quotation 1470–1485shove
Earliest quotation: 1470–1485, (please specify the chapter): “The ship was anon shoven in the sea.”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *skewbʰ-
through Proto-West Germanic *skeuban ‘to push, to drive’
through Middle English schouven ‘to shove’
Today it means
verb To push, especially roughly or with force.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *skewbʰ- / shove