shoo

shoo · verb, interjection¹

1. Middle English · inherited fromschew
2. English todayshoo

From Middle English schew, schowe, show, showe, scou (“shoo!”, interjection). Compare Middle High German schū, schuo (“shoo!”, interjection) (modern German scheu! (“shoo!”)), Dutch schuwen (“to shun”), German scheuchen (“to scare, drive away”).

shoo · pronoun²

1. Old English · inherited fromhēo“she”
2. Middle English · inherited fromscho
3. English todayshoo

From Middle English scho, sheo, scheo, sȝheo, from Old English hēo (“she”). More at she.

Words from the same roots