Where does “-skaft” come from?

-skaft (Old High German) comes from Proto-West Germanic -skapi, from Proto-Germanic -skapiz, from Proto-Germanic skapjaną, from Proto-Indo-European skab- — to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,...

-skaft (Old High German): ship

Definitions

  1. ship

Ancestry of “-skaft”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic-skapiForms nouns denoting state, originally meaning...
2Proto-Germanic-skapizForms nouns denoting state, originally meaning...
3Proto-Germanicskapjanąto make, to create; to shape
4Proto-Indo-Europeanskab-to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,...

Words derived from “-skaft”

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