Where does “schaffen” come from?

schaffen (Middle High German) comes from Old High German scaffan, from Proto-West Germanic skappjan, from Proto-Germanic skapjaną, from Proto-Indo-European skab- — to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,...

schaffen (Middle High German): to make, create

Definitions

  1. to make, create

Ancestry of “schaffen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanscaffan—
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 “schaffen”

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