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Where does “friendshipper” come from?

friendshipper (English) comes from English friendship, from Middle English frendshipe, from Old English frēondsċipe, from Proto-West Germanic friundskapi, from Proto-West Germanic -skapi, from Proto-Germanic -skapiz, from Proto-Germanic skapjaną, from Proto-Indo-European skab- — to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,...

friendshipper (English): A person who would prefer Fox Mulder and Dana...

Definitions

  1. A person who would prefer Fox Mulder and Dana...

Ancestry of “friendshipper”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfriendshipThe condition of being friends; A friendly...
2Middle EnglishfrendshipeAlternative form of frendschip
3Old Englishfrēondsċipe—
4Proto-West Germanicfriundskapifriendship
5Proto-West Germanic-skapiForms nouns denoting state, originally meaning...
6Proto-Germanic-skapizForms nouns denoting state, originally meaning...
7Proto-Germanicskapjanąto make, to create; to shape
8Proto-Indo-Europeanskab-to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,...
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