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Where does “choken” come from?

choken (Middle English) comes from Middle English acheken, from Middle English a-, from Old English ā-, from Old English ar-, from Proto-West Germanic uʀ-, from Proto-Germanic uz-, from Proto-Indo-European uss-, from Proto-Indo-European uds- — out, outward.

Ancestry of “choken”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishacheken—
2Middle Englisha-up, out, away; of; on, in
3Old Englishā-a-; away, out
4Old Englishar-—
5Proto-West Germanicuʀ-out, over; off, away
6Proto-Germanicuz-up, out
7Proto-Indo-Europeanuss-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanuds-up, out
9Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward

Words derived from “choken”

  • choking
  • choke
  • choker
  • chokingly
  • chokehold
  • chokecherry
  • choky
  • chokey
  • chokepoint
  • chokeberry
  • chokedamp
  • chokered
  • chokily
  • chokiness
  • choketh
  • unchoke
  • chokebore
  • chokest
  • multichoke
  • chokestrap
  • chokeslam
  • chokecoil
  • ឆូក
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