Where does “skimpen” come from?

skimpen (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic *skimpijan, from Proto-Germanic skimpijaną — to skip, hop.

Ancestry of “skimpen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*skimpijanto mock, scold
2Proto-Germanicskimpijanąto skip, hop

Words derived from “skimpen”

Every word from Proto-Germanic skimpijaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *skimpijan →
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