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Where does “schepen” come from?

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

Ancestry of “schepen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchscepeno—
2Proto-Germanicskapjanąto make, to create; to shape
3Proto-Indo-Europeanskab-to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,...

Words derived from “schepen”

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