Where does “sheafification” come from?

sheafification (English) comes from English sheaf, from Middle English scheef, from Old English sċēaf, from Proto-West Germanic skaub, from Proto-Germanic skaubaz — bundle, sheaf.

sheafification (English): The conversion of a presheaf into a sheaf

Definitions

  1. The conversion of a presheaf into a sheaf

Ancestry of “sheafification”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsheafA quantity of the stalks and ears of wheat, rye,...
2Middle EnglishscheefA sheaf; A sheaf as part of a paying in kind of...
3Old Englishsċēafsheaf, bundle
4Proto-West Germanicskaubbundle, sheaf
5Proto-Germanicskaubazbundle, sheaf
Every word from Proto-Germanic skaubaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic skaub →Every word from Old English sċēaf →