Where does “stingray shuffle” come from?
stingray shuffle (English) comes from English stingray, from English Ray, from Middle English rayen, from English array, from Middle English arrayen, from Anglo-Norman arraier, from Latin arrēdō, from Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌸𐍃 — whale, sea monster; abyss.
stingray shuffle (English): A walking technique used when entering the ocean to avoid stepping on buried stingrays; dragging and sliding one's feet along the sandy bottom instead of lifting them creates vibrations that alert the rays and give them a chance to safely swim away
Definitions
- A walking technique used when entering the ocean to avoid stepping on buried stingrays; dragging and sliding one's feet along the sandy bottom instead of lifting them creates vibrations that alert the rays and give them a chance to safely swim away
Ancestry of “stingray shuffle”, step by step
stingray shuffle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English stingray
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | stingray | Any of various large, venomous rays, of the... |
| 2 | English | Ray | also used as a formal given name |
| 3 | Middle English | rayen | — |
| 4 | English | array | Clothing and ornamentation; A collection laid out... |
| 5 | Middle English | arrayen | — |
| 6 | Anglo-Norman | arraier | — |
| 7 | Latin | arrēdō | To advise |
| 8 | Gothic | 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌸𐍃 | appointed, ordained |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | garaidaz | ready, arranged, prepared |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | ga- | Indicates association or togetherness; co-;... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | Russian | кит | whale; genitive plural of ки́та |
| 15 | Old Church Slavonic | китъ | whale |
| 16 | Ancient Greek | κῆτος | whale, sea monster; abyss |