Where does “transshift” come from?

transshift (English) comes from English trans, from English transgender, from English gender, from Middle English gender, from Middle French gendre, from Latin genus, from Proto-Italic genos, from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁os — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

transshift (English): To interchange or transpose

Definitions

  1. To interchange or transpose

Ancestry of “transshift”, step by step

transshift traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English trans

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtransIn a double bond in which the greater radical on...
2EnglishtransgenderHaving a gender which is different from the sex...
3Englishgenderkind
4Middle Englishgender
5Middle Frenchgendre
6Latingenusbirth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,...
7Proto-Italicgenoslineage, origin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanǵénh₁osrace, lineage
9Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth

via English Shift

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishShiftA modifier key whose main function is shifting...
2Middle EnglishschiftenTo split, cut up, sunder; To share out,...
3Old Englishsċiftanto divide, separate into shares; appoint, ordain;...
4Proto-GermanicskiftijanąTo put in order; organise; arrange
5Proto-Germanicskipatjanąto organise, put in order
6Proto-Indo-Europeanskēyb-
7Proto-Indo-Europeansḱēy-to shine; to shimmer; shadow; luster, gloss,...
8Proto-Germanicskaidąseparation, distinction
9Proto-Indo-EuropeanskÁit-to cut, part, spearate, divide; to cut, part,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁-
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