Where does “alŝovi” come from?
alŝovi (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto ŝovi, from English shove, from Middle English schouven, from Old English sċūfan, from Proto-Germanic *skeuban, from Proto-Germanic skeubaną, from Proto-Indo-European skewbʰ- — to push.
alŝovi (Esperanto): to push , push toward
Ancestry of “alŝovi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Esperanto | ŝovi | to shove, to push along |
| 2 | English | shove | To push, especially roughly or with force; To... |
| 3 | Middle English | schouven | Alternative form of schoven |
| 4 | Old English | sċūfan | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *skeuban | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | skeubaną | to push, drive |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | skewbʰ- | to push |