Where does “shove” come from?

Shove comes from Middle English schoven, from Old English sċūfan, from Proto-Germanic skeubaną, from Proto-Indo-European skewbʰ-.

shove (English): To push, especially roughly or with force; To...

Definitions

  1. To push, especially roughly or with force; To...

Ancestry of “shove”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishschouvenAlternative form of schoven
2Old Englishsċūfanto push, shove
3Proto-Germanic*skeuban—
4Proto-Germanicskeubanąto push, drive
5Proto-Indo-Europeanskewbʰ-to push

Words derived from “shove”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European skewbʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skeubaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic *skeuban →