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Where does “skeppen” come from?

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

skeppen (Old Dutch): to create; to scoop

Definitions

  1. to create; to scoop

Ancestry of “skeppen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicskappjanto make, to create
2Proto-Germanicskapjanąto make, to create; to shape
3Proto-Indo-Europeanskab-to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,...

Words derived from “skeppen”

  • opleidingsschip
  • lastschip
  • spookschip
  • fluitschip
  • schommelschip
  • ruimteschip
  • luchtschip
  • kaperschip
  • scheepslog
  • scheepskanon
  • scheepsmast
  • boorschip
  • scheepsbouw
  • scheepbouw
  • scheepsruim
  • vissersschip
  • schep
  • scheepswrak
  • scheepsboot
  • scheepsjongen
  • scheepswerf
  • scheepsgenoot
  • schip
  • zeilschip
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