Where does “-skap” come from?

-skap (Old Danish) comes from Old Norse -skapr, from Proto-Germanic -skapiz, from Proto-Germanic skapjaną, from Proto-Indo-European skab- — to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,...

Ancestry of “-skap”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norse-skaprUsed to form nouns from nouns and adjectives
2Proto-Germanic-skapizForms nouns denoting state, originally meaning...
3Proto-Germanicskapjanąto make, to create; to shape
4Proto-Indo-Europeanskab-to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,...

Words derived from “-skap”

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