Etymology

unshakable

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Today it means: Not able to be shaken; firm, solid. Full definition →

English shakable ← Middle English schaken ← Old English sċacan
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*skek-
  9. Proto-Germanic*skakaną
  10. Proto-West Germanic*skakan
  11. Old Englishsċacan
  12. Middle Englishschaken
  13. Englishshake
  14. Englishshakable
  15. English todayunshakable

From un- + shakable.

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