Where does “friendship” come from?
Friendship derives from Middle English frendshipe, Old English frēondsċipe, Proto-West Germanic friundskapi, Proto-Germanic frijōndz, and ultimately Proto-Indo-European preyH-, prāy-, and prēy-.
friendship (English): The condition of being friends; A friendly...
Definitions
- The condition of being friends; A friendly...
Ancestry of “friendship”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | frendshipe | Alternative form of frendschip |
| 2 | Old English | frēondsċipe | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | friundskapi | friendship |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | -skapi | Forms nouns denoting state, originally meaning... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -skapiz | Forms nouns denoting state, originally meaning... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | skapjaną | to make, to create; to shape |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | skab- | to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,... |