The redshank, so called from the nodding of its head while on the ground.
A shock or disturbance.
Origin
From Middle English schaken, from Old English sċeacan, sċacan, from Proto-West Germanic *skakan, from Proto-Germanic *skakaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keg-, *(s)kek-. Cognate with Scots schake, schack, West Frisian schaekje, Dutch schaken, Low German schaken and schacken, Norwegian Nynorsk skaka, Swedish skaka, Dutch schokken, Russian скака́ть. More at shock.
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