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

Every word from Proto-Germanic skukkanąEvery word from Old Dutch skokkan