Etymology Explorer › Danish

Where does “skaffe” come from?

skaffe (Danish) comes from German schaffen, from Middle High German schaffen, from Old High German scaffan, from Proto-West Germanic skappjan, from Proto-Germanic skapjaną, from Proto-Indo-European skab- — to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,...

skaffe (Danish): to procure, to get; to serve up, eat

Definitions

  1. to procure, to get; to serve up, eat

Ancestry of “skaffe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanschaffento create; to produce; to make; to cause; to...
2Middle High Germanschaffento make, create
3Old High Germanscaffan—
4Proto-West Germanicskappjanto make, to create
5Proto-Germanicskapjanąto make, to create; to shape
6Proto-Indo-Europeanskab-to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,...

Words derived from “skaffe”

  • skaffedyr
  • afskaffe
Every word from Proto-Indo-European skab- →