Where does “gescheft” come from?

gescheft (Middle High German) comes from Old High German giscaft, from Proto-West Germanic *gaskafti, from Proto-Germanic gaskaftiz, from Proto-Germanic skapjaną, from Proto-Indo-European skab- — to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,...

Ancestry of “gescheft”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germangiscaft—
2Proto-West Germanic*gaskafticreation
3Proto-Germanicgaskaftizcreation
4Proto-Germanicskapjanąto make, to create; to shape
5Proto-Indo-Europeanskab-to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,...

Words derived from “gescheft”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European skab- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skapjaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic gaskaftiz →