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Where does “chock” come from?

Chock comes from French choquer, from Middle French chocquer, from Old French choquer, from Frankish skukkōn, from Proto-Germanic skukkōną and skakaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kek-.

chock (English): Any object used as a wedge or filler, especially...

Definitions

  1. Any object used as a wedge or filler, especially...

Ancestry of “chock”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchchoquerto hit, to collide; to shock
2Germanschockieren—
3Spanishchocarto crash; to bump into, to collide with; to...
4Portuguesechocarto brood; to hatch; to linger
5Russianшоки́ровать—
6Russian-и́ровать—
7German-ierenVerb suffix: it and its inflected forms are found...
8French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs
9English-erA person or thing that does an action indicated...
10Middle English-eragentive suffix; agent noun suffix
11Old French-erAlternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;...
12Latin-āre—
13Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
14Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
15Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
16Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
17Chichewaiyehe, she

Words derived from “chock”

  • hug
  • chuckle
  • chunk
  • chuck
  • chunky
  • chucking
  • hugger
  • chockablock
  • huggable
  • chucker
  • huck
  • upchuck
  • huggy
  • huckle
  • chucklehead
  • chucky
  • chunker
  • chuckleheaded
  • chunkiness
  • chockstone
  • kerchunk
  • chuckler
  • chuckhole
  • chocka
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