Where does “-skap” come from?

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

-skap (Old Dutch): -ship

Definitions

  1. -ship

Ancestry of “-skap”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic-skapizForms nouns denoting state, originally meaning...
2Proto-Germanicskapjanąto make, to create; to shape
3Proto-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 →