Where does “Schaukelstuhl” come from?
Schaukelstuhl (German) comes from German schaukeln, from German Schaukel, from Low German Schukel, from Low German schuckeln, from Middle Dutch schocken, from English shock, from French choquer, from German schockieren — to jump, spring; to jump; move.
Schaukelstuhl (German): rocking chair
Definitions
- rocking chair
Ancestry of “Schaukelstuhl”, step by step
Schaukelstuhl traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German schaukeln
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | schaukeln | to swing |
| 2 | German | Schaukel | swing; any swinging construction, including... |
| 3 | Low German | Schukel | — |
| 4 | Low German | schuckeln | to rock; to swing; to sway |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | schocken | to jolt, bounce |
| 6 | English | shock | A sudden, heavy impact; A discontinuity arising... |
| 7 | French | choquer | to hit, to collide; to shock |
| 8 | German | schockieren | to shock |
| 9 | Spanish | chocar | to crash; to bump into, to collide with; to... |
| 10 | Portuguese | chocar | to brood; to hatch; to linger |
| 11 | Russian | шоки́ровать | to horrify, to scandalize, to shock |
| 12 | Russian | шок | shock |
| 13 | French | choc | hit, strike; shock; electrical shock |
| 14 | Old French | choquer | to strike against |
| 15 | Frankish | skukkōn | — |
| 16 | Proto-Germanic | skukkōną | to shake, move swiftly |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | skakaną | to swing; to shake; to escape |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | skeg- | to jump, spring; to jump; move |
via German stuhl
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | stuhl | a chair (to sit on) |
| 2 | Middle High German | stuol | seat, chair, stool |
| 3 | Old High German | stuol | chair; seat, bench; throne |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *stōl | stool, chair |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | stōlaz | stool; throne; chair |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | stoh₂los | frame, rack, stand |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | steh₂- | to stand |