Where does “wheelchair rugby” come from?
wheelchair rugby (English) comes from English wheelchair basketball, from English wheelchair, from English chair, from English Chuck, from English chock, from French choquer, from German schockieren, from Spanish chocar — to jump, spring; to jump; move.
wheelchair rugby (English): A variation of rugby played by players in...
Definitions
- A variation of rugby played by players in...
Ancestry of “wheelchair rugby”, step by step
wheelchair rugby traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English wheelchair basketball
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | wheelchair basketball | A sport derived from basketball, played by people... |
| 2 | English | wheelchair | A chair mounted on large wheels for the... |
| 3 | English | chair | An item of furniture used to sit on or in,... |
| 4 | English | Chuck | a Chuck Taylor All-Stars shoe |
| 5 | English | chock | Any object used as a wedge or filler, especially... |
| 6 | French | choquer | to hit, to collide; to shock |
| 7 | German | schockieren | to shock |
| 8 | Spanish | chocar | to crash; to bump into, to collide with; to... |
| 9 | Portuguese | chocar | to brood; to hatch; to linger |
| 10 | Russian | шоки́ровать | to horrify, to scandalize, to shock |
| 11 | Russian | шок | shock |
| 12 | French | choc | hit, strike; shock; electrical shock |
| 13 | Old French | choquer | to strike against |
| 14 | Frankish | skukkōn | — |
| 15 | Proto-Germanic | skukkōną | to shake, move swiftly |
| 16 | Proto-Germanic | skakaną | to swing; to shake; to escape |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | skeg- | to jump, spring; to jump; move |