Words that come from Proto-Germanic skēpą

142 words across 30 languages descend from Proto-Germanic skēpą — including sheep, shepherd, Sheppard, sheepishly, sheepish, sheepskin, shepherdess, Shipman.

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English (64)

German (12)

Esperanto (9)

Dutch (8)

Volapük (5)

Old English (5)

Middle English (5)

Old Saxon (3)

Luxembourgish (2)

Old High German (2)

Old Dutch (2)

Polish (2)

German Low German (2)

Pennsylvania German (2)

Serbo-Croatian (2)

Middle Dutch (2)

Middle High German (2)

West Frisian (1)

Old Frisian (1)

Afrikaans (1)

Marshallese (1)

Yiddish (1)

Chuukese (1)

Yola (1)

Maori (1)

Saterland Frisian (1)

Tok Pisin (1)

Scots (1)

Alemannic German (1)

Proto-West Germanic (1)

Words from Proto-Germanic skēpą — 142 descendants | Etymology Explorer