Where does “sċeaft” come from?

sċeaft (Old English) comes from Old English sċieppan, from Proto-West Germanic skappjan, from Proto-Germanic skapjaną, from Proto-Indo-European skab- — to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,...

sċeaft (Old English): shaft; creation

Definitions

  1. shaft; creation

Ancestry of “sċeaft”, step by step

sċeaft traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English sċieppan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishsċieppanto form; shape
2Proto-West Germanicskappjanto make, to create
3Proto-Germanicskapjanąto make, to create; to shape
4Proto-Indo-Europeanskab-to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,...

via Proto-West Germanic skaft

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicskaftshaft
2Proto-Germanicskaftazshaft
3Proto-Indo-Europeanskeh₂p-rod, shaft, staff, club
4Proto-Indo-European(s)kep-to grave, to strike; to chop, to dig; to grave,...

Words derived from “sċeaft”

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