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Where does “sċypen” come from?

sċypen (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic skupinī, from Proto-Germanic skup-, from Proto-Indo-European skub-.

Ancestry of “sċypen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicskupinī—
2Proto-Germanicskup-A stem found in various derivatives meaning:...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanskub-—

Words derived from “sċypen”

  • shippon
  • schüpene
  • shipne
  • shepne
Every word from Proto-Indo-European skub- →