Where does “schöpfen” come from?

schöpfen (German) comes from Middle High German schepfen, from Old High German scephen, from Proto-Germanic skapą, from Proto-Germanic skapjaną, from Proto-Indo-European skab- — to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,...

schöpfen (German): to scoop up, to draw (water, sand etc.) with a bucket

Definitions

  1. to scoop up, to draw (water, sand etc.) with a bucket

Ancestry of “schöpfen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanschepfen—
2Old High Germanscephen—
3Proto-Germanicskapąshape
4Proto-Germanicskapjanąto make, to create; to shape
5Proto-Indo-Europeanskab-to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,...

Words derived from “schöpfen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European skab- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skapjaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic skapą →