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Where does “baasskap” come from?

baasskap (Afrikaans) comes from Afrikaans -skap, from Dutch -schap, from Middle Dutch -schap, from Old Dutch -skap, from Proto-Germanic -skapiz, from Proto-Germanic skapjaną, from Proto-Indo-European skab- — to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,...

Ancestry of “baasskap”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Afrikaans-skap-ship; -hood
2Dutch-schap-ship; Category Dutch words suffixed with API not...
3Middle Dutch-schap-ship
4Old Dutch-skap-ship
5Proto-Germanic-skapizForms nouns denoting state, originally meaning...
6Proto-Germanicskapjanąto make, to create; to shape
7Proto-Indo-Europeanskab-to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,...

Words derived from “baasskap”

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