Where does “scop” come from?

scop (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic skupą — mockery, joking.

scop (Old English): poet, minstrel, bard

Definitions

  1. poet, minstrel, bard

Ancestry of “scop”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicskupąmockery, joking

Words derived from “scop

Every word from Proto-Germanic skupą
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