Where does “schepherde” come from?

schepherde (Middle English) comes from Old English sċēaphierde, from Old English sċēap, 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,...

schepherde (Middle English): shepherd

Definitions

  1. shepherd

Ancestry of “schepherde”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishsċēaphierdeshepherd
2Old Englishsċēapsheep
3Proto-West Germanicskāpsheep
4Proto-Germanicskapąshape
5Proto-Germanicskapjanąto make, to create; to shape
6Proto-Indo-Europeanskab-to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,...

Words derived from “schepherde”

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