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Where does “schaken” come from?

schaken (Middle English) comes from Old English sċeacan.

Ancestry of “schaken”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishsċeacan—

Words derived from “schaken”

  • shake
  • shaking
  • shaken
  • shaky
  • handshake
  • unshaken
  • Shaker
  • shaker
  • unshakable
  • shakily
  • unshakeable
  • handshaking
  • milkshake
  • shakiness
  • earthshaking
  • shakeout
  • headshake
  • shakeup
  • unshakably
  • Shakerism
  • shaketh
  • headshaking
  • unshakeably
  • shakingly
Every word from Old English sċeacan →