Where does “Shrek” come from?

Shrek (English) comes from Yiddish שרעק, from Middle High German schrecke.

Shrek (English): An extremely ugly person

Definitions

  1. An extremely ugly person

Ancestry of “Shrek”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishשרעקfear, alarm; terror
2Middle High Germanschrecke—

Words derived from “Shrek”

Every word from Middle High German schrecke →Every word from Yiddish שרעק →