Where does “Schaukelpferd” come from?
Schaukelpferd (German) comes from German Schaukel, from Low German Schukel, from Low German schuckeln, from Middle Dutch schocken, from English shock, from French choquer, from German schockieren, from Spanish chocar — to jump, spring; to jump; move.
Schaukelpferd (German): rocking horse; Das Schaukelpferd; Sehr lustig ist...
Definitions
- rocking horse; Das Schaukelpferd; Sehr lustig ist...
Ancestry of “Schaukelpferd”, step by step
Schaukelpferd traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Schaukel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Schaukel | swing; any swinging construction, including... |
| 2 | Low German | Schukel | — |
| 3 | Low German | schuckeln | to rock; to swing; to sway |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | schocken | to jolt, bounce |
| 5 | English | shock | A sudden, heavy impact; A discontinuity arising... |
| 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 |
via German Pferd
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Pferd | horse; knight |
| 2 | Middle High German | phert | — |
| 3 | Old High German | pfarifrit | horse |
| 4 | Old High German | parafred | — |
| 5 | Latin | paraverēdus | a horse for travel off public roads or to out of the way places |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | παρά | |
| 7 | Latin | verēdus | A fast or light breed of horse; courier's horse; hunter |
| 8 | Gaulish | werēdos | horse |
| 9 | Proto-Celtic | *uɸoreidos | horse |