Where does “shucking” come from?
shucking (English) comes from English shuck, from English shock, from French choquer, from German schockieren, from Spanish chocar, from Portuguese chocar, from Russian шоки́ровать, from Russian -и́ровать.
shucking (English): present participle of shuck; An event at which...
Definitions
- present participle of shuck; An event at which...
Ancestry of “shucking”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | shuck | The shell or husk, especially of grains or nuts;... |
| 2 | English | shock | A sudden, heavy impact; A discontinuity arising... |
| 3 | French | choquer | to hit, to collide; to shock |
| 4 | German | schockieren | to shock |
| 5 | Spanish | chocar | to crash; to bump into, to collide with; to... |
| 6 | Portuguese | chocar | to brood; to hatch; to linger |
| 7 | Russian | шоки́ровать | to horrify, to scandalize, to shock |
| 8 | Russian | -и́ровать | a productive verbal suffix, also used to create new verbs, especially from loanwords |
| 9 | German | -ieren | Verb suffix: it and its inflected forms are found... |
| 10 | French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs |
| 11 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 12 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 13 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 14 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 15 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |