Where does “schêf” come from?

schêf (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon skêf, from Proto-West Germanic *skaib, from Proto-Germanic skaibaz, from Proto-Indo-European skeh₂iwo-.

Ancestry of “schêf”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonskêf—
2Proto-West Germanic*skaib—
3Proto-Germanicskaibazcrooked
4Proto-Indo-Europeanskeh₂iwo-—

Words derived from “schêf”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European skeh₂iwo- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skaibaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *skaib →