Where does “scheppen” come from?

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

scheppen (Middle Dutch): to create, to make; to shape, to form; to scoop

Definitions

  1. to create, to make; to shape, to form; to scoop

Ancestry of “scheppen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchskeppento create; to scoop
2Proto-West Germanicskappjanto make, to create
3Proto-Germanicskapjanąto make, to create; to shape
4Proto-Indo-Europeanskab-to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,...

Words derived from “scheppen”

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