Where does “schimpen” come from?

schimpen (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch skimpen, from Proto-West Germanic *skimpijan, from Proto-Germanic skimpijaną — to skip, hop.

Ancestry of “schimpen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchskimpen—
2Proto-West Germanic*skimpijanto mock, scold
3Proto-Germanicskimpijanąto skip, hop

Words derived from “schimpen”

Every word from Proto-Germanic skimpijaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *skimpijan →Every word from Old Dutch skimpen →
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