Where does “-schap” come from?

-schap (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch -skap, from Proto-Germanic -skapiz, from Proto-Germanic skapjaną, from Proto-Indo-European skab- — to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,...

-schap (Middle Dutch): -ship

Definitions

  1. -ship

Ancestry of “-schap”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutch-skap-ship
2Proto-Germanic-skapizForms nouns denoting state, originally meaning...
3Proto-Germanicskapjanąto make, to create; to shape
4Proto-Indo-Europeanskab-to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,...

Words derived from “-schap”

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