Where does “-skab” come from?

-skab (Danish) comes from Old Danish -skap, from Old Norse -skapr, from Proto-Germanic -skapiz, from Proto-Germanic skapjaną, from Proto-Indo-European skab- — to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,...

-skab (Danish): -ship

Definitions

  1. -ship

Ancestry of “-skab”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Danish-skap—
2Old Norse-skaprUsed to form nouns from nouns and adjectives
3Proto-Germanic-skapizForms nouns denoting state, originally meaning...
4Proto-Germanicskapjanąto make, to create; to shape
5Proto-Indo-Europeanskab-to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,...

Words derived from “-skab”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European skab- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skapjaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic -skapiz →
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