Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗A lifting of the shoulders to signal indifference or a casual lack of knowledge about something. · A cropped, cardiganlike garment with short or long sleeves, typically knitted.
To raise (the shoulders) to express uncertainty, lack of concern, (formerly) dread, etc.
From Middle English schruggen, shrukken, probably of North Germanic origin related to Danish skrugge, skrukke (“to stoop; crouch”), Swedish skruga, skrukka (“to huddle; crouch”), all from or related to Old Norse skrykkva, from Proto-Germanic *skrinkwaną. Compare also Old English scrincan (“to shrink”). More at shrink.
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentionschruggenenm
- Derivation mentionskrykkvanon
- Derivation mention*skrinkwanągem-pro
- Cognate mentionscrincanang
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Raw extraction fields are retained for auditing. Their order does not establish ancestry.
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