Where does “forþgesceaft” come from?

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

forþgesceaft (Old English): the world; creation; the future state of the...

Definitions

  1. the world; creation; the future state of the...

Ancestry of “forþgesceaft”, step by step

forþgesceaft traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English ġesċeaft

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishġesċeaftcreation
2Old Englishsċieppanto form; shape
3Proto-West Germanicskappjanto make, to create
4Proto-Germanicskapjanąto make, to create; to shape
5Proto-Indo-Europeanskab-to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,...

via Old English forþ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishforþ"expresses the continuation of an action"; out,...
2Proto-Germanicfurþąforward
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥to-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European skab- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skapjaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic skappjan →