Where does “geschäft” come from?

geschäft (German) comes from German schaffen, from Middle High German schaffen, from Old High German scaffan, from Proto-West Germanic skappjan, from Proto-Germanic skapjaną, from Proto-Indo-European skab- — to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,...

geschäft (German): shop, store

Definitions

  1. shop, store

Ancestry of “geschäft”, step by step

geschäft traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German schaffen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanschaffento create; to produce; to make; to cause; to...
2Middle High Germanschaffento make, create
3Old High Germanscaffan—
4Proto-West Germanicskappjanto make, to create
5Proto-Germanicskapjanąto make, to create; to shape
6Proto-Indo-Europeanskab-to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,...

via Middle High German gescheft

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germangescheft—
2Old High Germangiscaft—
3Proto-West Germanic*gaskafticreation
4Proto-Germanicgaskaftizcreation

Words derived from “geschäft”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European skab- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skapjaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic skappjan →