Where does “shunpike” come from?

shunpike (English) comes from English shun, from Middle English schonen, from Old English scunian, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kewH- — to cover, bedeck; cover.

shunpike (English): A side road or route

Definitions

  1. A side road or route

Ancestry of “shunpike”, step by step

shunpike traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English shun

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishshunTo avoid, especially persistently; To escape; To...
2Middle EnglishschonenTo avoid, spurn or eschew
3Old Englishscunianto shun; avoid; to hate; abhor; detest
4Proto-Indo-European(s)kewH-to cover, bedeck; cover

via English turnpike

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishturnpikeA frame consisting of two bars crossing each...
2Middle Englishturnpykespiked barrier across a road
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kewH- →Every word from Old English scunian →Every word from Middle English schonen →