Where does “frēondsċipe” come from?
frēondsċipe (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic friundskapi, 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 “frēondsċipe”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-West Germanic | friundskapi | friendship |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | -skapi | Forms nouns denoting state, originally meaning... |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | -skapiz | Forms nouns denoting state, originally meaning... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | skapjaną | to make, to create; to shape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | skab- | to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,... |
Words derived from “frēondsċipe”