Where does “skēp” come from?

skēp (Old Frisian) comes from Proto-Germanic *skāp, from Proto-Germanic skapą, from Proto-Germanic skapjaną, from Proto-Indo-European skab- — to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,...

skēp (Old Frisian): sheep

Definitions

  1. sheep

Ancestry of “skēp”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*skāp—
2Proto-Germanicskapąshape
3Proto-Germanicskapjanąto make, to create; to shape
4Proto-Indo-Europeanskab-to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,...

Words derived from “skēp”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European skab- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skapjaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic skapą →