Where does “Shopping” come from?

Shopping (German) comes from English shopping, from English shop, from Middle English shoppe, from Old English sċeoppa, from Proto-Germanic skupp-, from Proto-Indo-European skub-.

Shopping (German): shopping

Definitions

  1. shopping

Ancestry of “Shopping”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishshoppingpresent participle of shop; The process of buying...
2EnglishshopAn establishment that sells goods or services to...
3Middle Englishshoppe—
4Old Englishsċeoppa—
5Proto-Germanicskupp-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanskub-—

Words derived from “Shopping”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European skub- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skupp- →Every word from Old English sċeoppa →
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