Where does “virŝafo” come from?

virŝafo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto ŝafo, from German schaf, from Middle High German schāf, from Old High German scāf, from Proto-West Germanic skāp, from Proto-Germanic skapą, from Proto-Germanic skapjaną, from Proto-Indo-European skab- — to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,...

virŝafo (Esperanto): ram

Definitions

  1. ram

Ancestry of “virŝafo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoŝafosheep
2Germanschafsheep
3Middle High Germanschāfsheep
4Old High Germanscāfsheep
5Proto-West Germanicskāpsheep
6Proto-Germanicskapąshape
7Proto-Germanicskapjanąto make, to create; to shape
8Proto-Indo-Europeanskab-to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European skab- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skapjaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic skapą →