English
shakefork
From shake + fork.
Proto-Indo-European *skek- ‘to jump’
Proto-Germanic *skakaną ‘to shake, swing, escape’
Proto-West Germanic *skakan ‘to shake’
Old English sċacan ‘to pass or depart’
Middle English schaken ‘to rock or agitate’
English shake
Latin furca ‘pitchfork, forked stake’
Proto-West Germanic *furkō
Old English force ‘forked instrument used to torture’
Middle English forke ‘digging fork’
English fork
Today it means
noun A fork for shaking hay; a pitchfork.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “shakefork”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
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