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Where does “Messiahship” come from?

Messiahship derives from Middle English -schipe, Old English -scipe, Proto-Germanic -skapiz, and Proto-Germanic skapjaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European skab-.

Messiahship (English): Having the position of, or being ordained by God...

Definitions

  1. Having the position of, or being ordained by God...

Ancestry of “Messiahship”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-shipAppended to a noun to form a new noun denoting a...
2Middle English-schipeAffixed to nouns and adjectives to form nouns...
3Old English-sċiepe—
4Proto-West Germanic-skapiForms nouns denoting state, originally meaning...
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,...
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