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Where does “-sċiepe” come from?

-sċiepe (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic -skapi, from Proto-Germanic -skapiz, from Proto-Germanic skapjaną, from Proto-Indo-European skab- — to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,...

Ancestry of “-sċiepe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic-skapiForms nouns denoting state, originally meaning...
2Proto-Germanic-skapizForms nouns denoting state, originally meaning...
3Proto-Germanicskapjanąto make, to create; to shape
4Proto-Indo-Europeanskab-to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,...

Words derived from “-sċiepe”

  • forþscype
  • weorþscipe
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