Where does “shunpiker” come from?

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

shunpiker (English): One who avoids toll roads, or who uses sideroads...

Definitions

  1. One who avoids toll roads, or who uses sideroads...

Ancestry of “shunpiker”, step by step

shunpiker 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 →