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Where does “schokken” come from?

schokken (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch skokkan, from Proto-Germanic skukkaną — to move, shake, tremble.

schokken (Middle Dutch): to push, jolt; to push, jolt, shake, jerk

Definitions

  1. to push, jolt; to push, jolt, shake, jerk

Ancestry of “schokken”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchskokkanto shake up and down, shog
2Proto-Germanicskukkanąto move, shake, tremble

Words derived from “schokken”

  • shock
  • shocking
  • shockingly
  • shocker
  • aftershock
  • electroshock
  • postshock
  • footshock
  • shockable
  • mainshock
  • foreshock
  • antishock
  • preshock
  • countershock
  • unshockable
  • shocklike
  • shockproof
  • microshock
  • shockless
  • nonshock
  • shockingness
  • subshock
  • shockability
  • intershock
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