Where does โ€œstingray shuffleโ€ 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 arrฤ“dล, from Gothic ๐Œฒ๐Œฐ๐‚๐Œฐ๐Œน๐Œธ๐ƒ โ€” 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

  1. 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 โ€œstingray shuffleโ€, step by step

stingray shuffle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English stingray

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishstingrayAny of various large, venomous rays, of the...
2EnglishRayalso used as a formal given name
3Middle Englishrayenโ€”
4EnglisharrayClothing and ornamentation; A collection laid out...
5Middle Englisharrayenโ€”
6Anglo-Normanarraierโ€”
7Latinarrฤ“dลTo advise
8Gothic๐Œฒ๐Œฐ๐‚๐Œฐ๐Œน๐Œธ๐ƒappointed, ordained
9Proto-Germanicgaraidazready, arranged, prepared
10Proto-Germanicga-Indicates association or togetherness; co-;...
11Proto-Indo-Europeanแธฑรณmbeside, near, by, with
12Proto-Indo-EuropeanแธฑeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
13Middle Englishkytโ€”
14Russianะบะธั‚whale; genitive plural of ะบะธฬั‚ะฐ
15Old Church Slavonicะบะธั‚ัŠwhale
16Ancient Greekฮบแฟ†ฯ„ฮฟฯ‚whale, sea monster; abyss

via English shuffle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishshuffleThe act of shuffling cards; The act of reordering...
2EnglishscuffleA rough, disorderly fight or struggle at close...
3Dutchschoffelhoe; shovel
4Middle Dutchschoffelshovel
5Proto-Germanicskuflลshovel
6Proto-Germanicskublลโ€”
Every word from Ancient Greek ฮบแฟ†ฯ„ฮฟฯ‚ โ†’