jog

The story

1. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*skukkōn“to move, shake, tremble”
2. Middle Low German · derived fromschoggen
3. Middle Dutch · derived fromschocken“to jolt, bounce”
4. Middle English · inherited fromshoggen
5. Middle English · inherited fromjoggen
6. English todayjog

Of uncertain origin. Originally with the meaning of "to shake up and down." Possibly from Middle English joggen, a variant of jaggen (“to pierce, prod, stir up, arouse”); see jag (“sharp projection”). Or, perhaps an early alteration of English shog (“to jolt, shake; depart, go”), from Middle English shoggen, schoggen (“to shake up and down, jog”), from Middle Dutch schocken (“to jolt, bounce”) or Middle Low German schoggen, schocken (“to shog”), ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *skukkōn (“to move, shake, tremble”), possibly related to *skakan (“to shake, stir”). More at shock.

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