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Where does “enshroudest” come from?

enshroudest (English) comes from English enshroud, from English shroud, from Middle English schrouden, from Middle English schroud, from Old English scrūd, from Proto-Germanic skrūdą, from Proto-Indo-European skrew-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker- — to cut, cut off, sever.

enshroudest (English): second-person singular simple present form of...

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Ancestry of “enshroudest”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishenshroudto cover with a shroud
2EnglishshroudThat which clothes, covers, conceals, or...
3Middle Englishschrouden—
4Middle Englishschroudshroud
5Old Englishscrūd—
6Proto-Germanicskrūdąclothes, attire, dress; shroud, cover
7Proto-Indo-Europeanskrew-to cut; cutting tool
8Proto-Indo-European(s)ker-to cut off; to turn, bend
9Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever
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