Where does “æfenscop” come from?

æfenscop (Old English) comes from Old English ǣfen, from Proto-West Germanic ābanþ, from Proto-Germanic ēbanþs, from Proto-Indo-European h₁epi, from Proto-Indo-European h₁eps.

æfenscop (Old English): evening scop, bard

Definitions

  1. evening scop, bard

Ancestry of “æfenscop”, step by step

æfenscop traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English ǣfen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishǣfenevening
2Proto-West Germanicābanþevening
3Proto-Germanicēbanþsevening
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁epion, at, near
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁eps—

via Old English scop

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishscoppoet, minstrel, bard
2Proto-Germanicskupąmockery, joking
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁eps →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁epi →Every word from Proto-Germanic ēbanþs →