Where does “landscipe” come from?
landscipe (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic landaskapiz, from Proto-Germanic -skapiz, from Proto-Germanic skapjaną, from Proto-Indo-European skab- — to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,...
landscipe (Old English): tract of land, region, district
Definitions
- tract of land, region, district
Ancestry of “landscipe”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Germanic | landaskapiz | landscape; region, area |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | -skapiz | Forms nouns denoting state, originally meaning... |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | skapjaną | to make, to create; to shape |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | skab- | to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,... |
Words derived from “landscipe”