Where does “scoop” come from?

Scoop comes from Middle English scope, from Middle Dutch schoppe, from Old Dutch skuppa, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kep-.

scoop (English): Any cup- or bowl-shaped tool, usually with a...

Definitions

  1. Any cup- or bowl-shaped tool, usually with a...

Ancestry of “scoop”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishscopescoop
2Middle Dutchscoep—
3Proto-Germanicskuppǭ—
4Proto-Indo-European(s)kep-to grave, to strike; to chop, to dig; to grave,...

Words derived from “scoop”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kep- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skuppǭ →Every word from Middle Dutch scoep →