Where does “hocher” come from?
hocher (Anglo-Norman) comes from Middle French hocher, from Old French hochier, from Frankish hotsōn, from Frankish hottōn, from Proto-Germanic hud-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kēt-.
Ancestry of “hocher”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle French | hocher | — |
| 2 | Old French | hochier | to shake, jostle, stir, swing, move, twitch |
| 3 | Frankish | hotsōn | — |
| 4 | Frankish | hottōn | to shake, toss |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hud- | to shake; to swing, rock, shake |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kēt- | — |