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Where does “skap” come from?

skap (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic skāp, from Proto-Germanic skapą, 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
1Proto-West Germanicskāpsheep
2Proto-Germanicskapąshape
3Proto-Germanicskapjanąto make, to create; to shape
4Proto-Indo-Europeanskab-to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,...

Words derived from “skap”

  • skaapsteker
  • wolschaap
  • schapenstal
  • vleesschaap
  • schaapsherder
  • huisschaap
  • schapenvlies
  • schaap
  • schaapsvlies
  • scaep
  • skaap
Every word from Proto-Indo-European skab- →