Where does “shoulders” come from?

shoulders (English) comes from English shoulder, from Middle English schuldre, from Old English sċuldra, from Proto-West Germanic skuldru — shoulder.

shoulders (English): plural of shoulder; The two shoulders and the...

Definitions

  1. plural of shoulder; The two shoulders and the...

Ancestry of “shoulders”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishshoulderThe part of an animal's body between the base of...
2Middle EnglishschuldreThe shoulder; One's strength or carrying...
3Old Englishsċuldrashoulder
4Proto-West Germanicskuldrushoulder
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