Where does “shove off” come from?

shove off (English) comes from English off, from Middle English of, from Old English of, from Old English æf, from Proto-Germanic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European apó.

shove off (English): To set a boat in motion by pushing with an oar or...

Definitions

  1. To set a boat in motion by pushing with an oar or...

Ancestry of “shove off”, step by step

shove off traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English off

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishoffIn a direction away from the speaker or object;...
2Middle Englishofof; off; until
3Old Englishofof, from, off, out of
4Old Englishæfof
5Proto-Germanic*ab—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanapó—

via English shove

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishshoveTo push, especially roughly or with force; To...
2Middle EnglishschouvenAlternative form of schoven
3Old Englishsċūfanto push, shove
4Proto-Germanic*skeuban—
5Proto-Germanicskeubanąto push, drive
6Proto-Indo-Europeanskewbʰ-to push
Every word from Proto-Indo-European apó →Every word from Proto-Germanic *ab →Every word from Old English æf →