Where does “shockdog” come from?
shockdog (English) comes from English shock, from French choquer, from German schockieren, from Spanish chocar, from Portuguese chocar, from Russian шоки́ровать, from Russian -и́ровать, from German -ieren — he, she.
shockdog (English): A small dog with long shaggy hair; a shock
Definitions
- A small dog with long shaggy hair; a shock
Ancestry of “shockdog”, step by step
shockdog traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English shock
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | shock | A sudden, heavy impact; A discontinuity arising... |
| 2 | French | choquer | to hit, to collide; to shock |
| 3 | German | schockieren | to shock |
| 4 | Spanish | chocar | to crash; to bump into, to collide with; to... |
| 5 | Portuguese | chocar | to brood; to hatch; to linger |
| 6 | Russian | шоки́ровать | to horrify, to scandalize, to shock |
| 7 | Russian | -и́ровать | a productive verbal suffix, also used to create new verbs, especially from loanwords |
| 8 | German | -ieren | Verb suffix: it and its inflected forms are found... |
| 9 | French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs |
| 10 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 11 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 12 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 13 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 18 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via English dog
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | dog | A mammal, "Canis familiaris" or "Canis lupus... |
| 2 | English | dogshit | Dog excrement; Something disgusting, abominable,... |
| 3 | English | shit | Solid excretory product evacuated from the... |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | schite | — |
| 5 | Old Dutch | skīta | — |
| 6 | Old Saxon | skiti | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | skītaz | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱeyd- | to shade; to cut off; to part with, separate, cut... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱēy- | to shine; to shimmer; shadow; luster, gloss,... |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | skaidą | separation, distinction |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | skÁit- | to cut, part, spearate, divide; to cut, part,... |