Where does “schāf” come from?

schāf (Middle High German) comes from Old High German scāf, 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,...

schāf (Middle High German): sheep

Definitions

  1. sheep

Ancestry of “schāf”, step by step

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

Words derived from “schāf”

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