Where does “shake” come from?

shake (Polish) comes from English shake, from Middle English schaken, from Old English sċeacan.

shake (Polish): milkshake, shake

Definitions

  1. milkshake, shake

Ancestry of “shake”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishshakeTo cause to move rapidly in opposite directions...
2Middle EnglishschakenTo shake or quake
3Old Englishsċeacan—
Every word from Old English sċeacan →Every word from Middle English schaken →Every word from English shake →
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