Where does “shake” come from?

Shake comes from Middle English schaken, from Old English sċeacan, of unknown origin.

shake (English): To cause to move rapidly in opposite directions...

Definitions

  1. To cause to move rapidly in opposite directions...

Ancestry of “shake”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishschakenTo shake or quake
2Old Englishsċeacan—

Words derived from “shake”

Every word from Old English sċeacan →Every word from Middle English schaken →