Where does “sċēaphierde” come from?

sċēaphierde (Old English) comes from Old English sċēap, from Proto-West Germanic skāp, from Proto-Germanic skapą, from Proto-Germanic skapjaną, from Proto-Indo-European skab- — to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,...

sċēaphierde (Old English): shepherd

Definitions

  1. shepherd

Ancestry of “sċēaphierde”, step by step

sċēaphierde traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English sċēap

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishsċēapsheep
2Proto-West Germanicskāpsheep
3Proto-Germanicskapąshape
4Proto-Germanicskapjanąto make, to create; to shape
5Proto-Indo-Europeanskab-to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,...

via Old English hierde

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishhierdeherdsman; guardian, keeper, protector
2Proto-West Germanichirdīherdsman, herder
3Proto-Germanichirdijazherder, herdsman
4Proto-Germanicherdōherd
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱerdʰ-herd, row; file, row, herd

Words derived from “sċēaphierde”

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