Where does “xkaffa” come from?

xkaffa (Maltese) comes from Sicilian scaffa, 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,...

xkaffa (Maltese): shelf

Definitions

  1. shelf

Ancestry of “xkaffa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sicilianscaffashelf; bookshelf, bookcase
2Old High Germanscāfsheep
3Proto-West Germanicskāpsheep
4Proto-Germanicskapąshape
5Proto-Germanicskapjanąto make, to create; to shape
6Proto-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 →