Where does “-schap” come from?

-schap (Dutch) comes 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,...

-schap (Dutch): -ship; Category Dutch words suffixed with API not...

Definitions

  1. -ship; Category Dutch words suffixed with API not...

Ancestry of “-schap”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutch-schap-ship
2Old Dutch-skap-ship
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 “-schap”

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