Where does “shoe” come from?

Shoe comes from Middle English shoo, from Old English hēo, from Proto-Germanic skōhaz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe-, skek-, continuing the ancient root for this type of footwear.

shoe (English): A protective covering for the foot, with a bottom...

Definitions

  1. A protective covering for the foot, with a bottom...

Ancestry of “shoe”, step by step

shoe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Schuh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSchuhshoe
2Middle High Germanschuo—
3Old High Germanscuohshoe
4Proto-West Germanicskōhshoe
5Proto-Germanicskōhazshoe
6Proto-Indo-Europeanskewk-—
7Proto-Indo-European(s)kew-to caw, to howl; to cover, hide; to cover, hide,...

via Middle English scho

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishschoAlternative form of sche; Alternative form of...
2Old Englishhēoshe
3Germanic*hiju—
4Proto-Germanichijōshe; nominative singular feminine of *hiz
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱe-demonstrative particle; here; this, here

Words derived from “shoe”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kew- →