shock
English
/ʃɒk/, /ʃɑk/
noun
Definitions
- A sudden, heavy impact.
- (mathematics) A discontinuity arising in the solution of a partial differential equation.
Etymology
Derived from Middle Dutch schokken (push, jolt, shake, jerk) derived from Middle French choquer (clash, collide with) derived from Old Dutch *skokkan (shog, shake up and down) derived from Proto-Germanic *skukkaną (shake, move, tremble), *skakaną (shake, swing, stir, escape) derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kAg'-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*(s)kAg'-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aftershock English
- antishock English
- countershock English
- cryoshock English
- dog English
- downshock English
- earth English
- earthshock English
- electroshock English
- foot English
- footshock English
- foreshock English
- front English
- future English
- future shock English
- head English
- intershock English
- macroshock English
- main English
- mainshock English
- microshock English
- midshock English
- nonshock English
- nonshockable English
- osmoshock English
- peakon English
- postshock English
- preshock English
- shockability English
- shockable English
- shockdog English
- shockee English
- shocker English
- shockest English
- shocketh English
- shockfront English
- shockhead English
- shockless English
- shocklessness English
- shocklike English
- shockpeakon English
- shockproof English
- shocky English
- subshock English
- thunder English
- thundershock English
- unshockable English
- up English
- upshock English
- Schaukel German
- Schaukelbrett German
- Schaukelpferd German
- Schock German
- schaukeln German
- schocken German
- schockieren German
- verschaukeln German
- choc Italian
- cicoco Italian
- elettroshock Italian
- scioccare Italian
- shock Italian
- choqueren Dutch, Flemish
- shock Dutch, Flemish
- antichoc French
- choc French
- choquant French
- choquer French
- électrochoc French
- афтершок Russian
- шок Russian
- шокер Russian
- шоковый Russian
- chocar Spanish, Castilian
- shock Spanish, Castilian
- shockear Spanish, Castilian
- *(s)kAg'- Proto-Indo-European
- *(s)keg- Proto-Indo-European
- *(s)kek- Proto-Indo-European
- sjokk Norwegian Bokmål
- sjokkere Norwegian Bokmål
- *skakaną Proto-Germanic
- *skukkaną Proto-Germanic
- *skukkōną Proto-Germanic
- アナフィラキシーショック Japanese
- ショック Japanese
- sjokk Norwegian Nynorsk
- scacan Old English
- sċeacan Old English
- skaka Old Norse
- chok Danish
- choquer Old French
- ŝoka Esperanto
- ŝoki Esperanto
- ŝokiĝi Esperanto
- ŝoko Esperanto
- էլեկտրաշոկ Armenian
- syok Indonesian
- schokken Middle Dutch
- scoc Old High German
- shokar Ido
- şok Turkish
- sốc Vietnamese
- schoc Middle High German
- schocken Middle High German
- chocquer Middle French
- choquer Middle French
- *skokkan Old Dutch
- შოკი Georgian
- *skokkan Old Saxon
- skakan Old Saxon
- 쇼크 Korean
- *skakkja Frankish
- *skukkōn Frankish
- Schukel Low German
- şok Crimean Tatar
- sjógkel Limburgan, Limburger, Limburgish
- chuquier Picard
- up
- dog
- foot
- head
- main
- earth
- front
- future
- shocky
- peakon
- thunder
- shocker
- shockee
- upshock
- subshock
- shockdog
- preshock
- shockest
- shocketh
- nonshock
- midshock
- mainshock
- antishock
- downshock
- shocklike
- shockable
- postshock
- shockless
- cryoshock
- shockhead
- foreshock
- osmoshock
- footshock
- intershock
- shockfront
- aftershock
- macroshock
- earthshock
- shockproof
- microshock
- unshockable
- shockpeakon
- thundershock
- electroshock
- countershock
- nonshockable
- future shock
- shockability
- shocklessness