Where does “shaking” come from?

Shaking comes from Middle English schaken, from Old English sċeacan, a verb of uncertain ultimate origin.

shaking (English): present participle of shake; A movement that...

Definitions

  1. present participle of shake; A movement that...

Ancestry of “shaking”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishshakeTo cause to move rapidly in opposite directions...
2Middle EnglishschakenTo shake or quake
3Old Englishsċeacan—

Words derived from “shaking”

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