Where does “shored” come from?
Shored derives from the English verb shore, which comes from Old Norse skor, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -tós, a suffix forming agent nouns and past participles.
shored (English): Having a shore, often one of a specified type;...
Definitions
- Having a shore, often one of a specified type;...
Ancestry of “shored”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | shore | Land adjoining a non-flowing body of water, such... |
| 2 | Middle English | shore | a prop; support |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | schore | shore; crack, rip, tear |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | skuriz | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | skeraną | to shear |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱer- | to caw, crow |
Words derived from “shored”