Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *skakanąScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_skakaną
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*(s)kek-
verbStrong class 6to swingto shaketo escapeFrom Proto-Indo-European *(s)kek- (‘to shake, stir’), with unexpected *-k- instead of *-h-, either through contamination or back-formation from the iterative *skakkōną (‘to shake’). See *skehaną (‘to jump, emerge’) for more cognates.