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Where does “landscape” come from?

I notice the chain provided contains only English entries repeating "landskip" and "landscape" without showing the etymological path to earlier languages. I cannot write an accurate etymology sentence without access to the source languages (such as Dutch, Old English, or other predecessors) and their original forms. To follow your rules correctly, I need the complete chain showing the progression through earlier languages with original spellings and meanings. Could you provide the full etymological chain?

landscape (English): A portion of land or territory which the eye can...

Definitions

  1. A portion of land or territory which the eye can...

Ancestry of “landscape”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlandskipObsolete form of landscape
2Middle Englishlandschippe—
3Old Englishlandscipetract of land, region, district
4Proto-Germaniclandaskapizlandscape; region, area
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,...

Words derived from “landscape”

  • landscape
  • cityscape
  • soundscape
  • seascape
  • streetscape
  • landscaper
  • dreamscape
  • moonscape
  • townscape
  • mediascape
  • riverscape
  • landscapist
  • mindscape
  • servicescape
  • ethnoscape
  • hardscape
  • waterscape
  • skyscape
  • landskip
  • cloudscape
  • technoscape
  • roofscape
  • nightscape
  • snowscape
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