Where does “schepfen” come from?

schepfen (Middle High German) comes from Old High German scephen, from Proto-Germanic skapą, from Proto-Germanic skapjaną, from Proto-Indo-European skab- — to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,...

Ancestry of “schepfen”, step by step

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

Words derived from “schepfen”

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