Where does “hocher” come from?

hocher (Middle French) comes from Old French hochier, from Frankish hotsōn, from Frankish hottōn, from Proto-Germanic hud-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kēt-.

Ancestry of “hocher”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchhochierto shake, jostle, stir, swing, move, twitch
2Frankishhotsōn—
3Frankishhottōnto shake, toss
4Proto-Germanichud-to shake; to swing, rock, shake
5Proto-Indo-European(s)kēt-—

Words derived from “hocher”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kēt- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hud- →Every word from Frankish hottōn →