Where does “schap” come from?

schap (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch schap, from Old Dutch skāp, from Proto-West Germanic skāp, from Proto-Germanic skapą, from Proto-Germanic skapjaną, from Proto-Indo-European skab- — to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,...

schap (Dutch): shelf

Definitions

  1. shelf

Ancestry of “schap”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchschapform
2Old Dutchskāp
3Proto-West Germanicskāpsheep
4Proto-Germanicskapąshape
5Proto-Germanicskapjanąto make, to create; to shape
6Proto-Indo-Europeanskab-to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,...

Words derived from “schap

Every word from Proto-Indo-European skab-