Where does “shoulder” come from?

Shoulder comes from Middle English schulder, from Old English sculdra, from Proto-West Germanic skuldru, of unknown origin.

shoulder (English): The part of an animal's body between the base of...

Definitions

  1. The part of an animal's body between the base of...

Ancestry of “shoulder”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishschuldreThe shoulder; One's strength or carrying...
2Old Englishsċuldrashoulder
3Proto-West Germanicskuldrushoulder

Words derived from “shoulder

Every word from Proto-West Germanic skuldru