Where does “sċēofan” come from?

sċēofan (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic skeubaną, from Proto-Indo-European skewbʰ- — to push.

Ancestry of “sċēofan”, step by step

sċēofan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic skeubaną

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicskeubanąto push, drive
2Proto-Indo-Europeanskewbʰ-to push

via Proto-Germanic skūbaną

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicskūbanąto shove

Words derived from “sċēofan

Every word from Proto-Indo-European skewbʰ-Every word from Proto-Germanic skeubaną