shingle

shingle · noun, verb¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*sked-“to split, scatter”
2. Latin · derived fromscandula
3. Late Latin · derived fromscindula
4. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*skindulā
5. Old English · inherited fromsċindel
6. Middle English · inherited fromshyngel
7. English todayshingle

From Middle English shyngel, alteration of Old English sċindel, from Proto-West Germanic *skindulā, borrowed from Late Latin scindula, from Latin scandula, from Proto-Indo-European *sked- (“to split, scatter”), from *sek- (“to cut”). Doublet of shindle.

shingle · verb, noun²

1. Latin · derived fromcingula“girt, belt”
2. French · borrowed fromchingler“to strap, whip”
3. English todayshingle

From dialectal French chingler (“to strap, whip”), from Latin cingula (“girt, belt”), from cingere (“to girt”).

shingle · noun³

1. Middle English · inherited fromshingel
2. English todayshingle

From Middle English shingel, chingel, singel (“gravel, pebbles”), cognate with Norwegian Bokmål singel (“pebble(s)”), Norwegian Nynorsk singel (“pebble(s)”), and North Frisian singel (“gravel”), imitative of the sound of water running over such pebbles.

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