Etymology of shoe

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Unnumbered source etymology

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verb

To put shoes on one's own feet. · To put shoes on someone or something else's feet, especially to put horseshoes on a horse. · To cover an object with a protective layer of material.

noun

A protective covering for the foot, with a bottom part composed of thick leather or plastic sole and often a thicker heel, and a softer upper part made of leather or synthetic material. Shoes generally do not extend above the ankle, as opposed to boots, which do. · A piece of metal designed to be attached to a horse's foot as a means of protection; a horseshoe. · A device for holding multiple decks of playing cards, allowing more games to be played by reducing the time between shuffles. · Something resembling a shoe in form, position, or function, such as a brake shoe.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *skōhaz Proto-West Germanic *skōh Old English sċōh Middle English scho English shoe From Middle English scho, sho, from Old English sċōh (“shoe”), from Proto-West Germanic *skōh, from Proto-Germanic *skōhaz (“shoe”), of unclear etymology; possibly a derivation from *skehaną (“to move quickly”), from Proto-Indo-European *skek- (“to move quickly, jump”). Eclipsed non-native Middle English sabatine, sabatoun (“shoe”) from Medieval Latin sabatēnum, sabatum (“shoe, slipper”) (compare Old Occitan sabatō, Spanish zapato (“shoe”), French sabot (“wooden shoe, clog”), Italian ciabatta). The archaic plural shoon is from Middle English shon, from Old English scōn, scōum (“shoes”, dative plural) and scōna (“shoes'”, genitive plural); it is cognate with Scots shuin (“shoes”). See also Scots shae, West Frisian skoech, Low German Schoh, Dutch schoen, German Schuh, Bavarian Schuach, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish sko, Tocharian B skāk (“balcony”).

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Inherited-form mentionschoenm
Inherited-form mentionsċōhang
Inherited-form mention*skōhgmw-pro
Inherited-form mention*skōhazgem-pro
Derivation mention*skek-ine-pro
Inherited-form mentionshonenm
Derivation mentionscōnang
Cognate mentionshuinsco · shoes
Cognate mentionshaesco
Cognate mentionskoechfy
Cognate mentionSchohnds
Cognate mentionschoennl
Cognate mentionSchuhde
Cognate mentionSchuachbar
Cognate mentionskaktxb

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