Where does “scaphan” come from?

scaphan (Old High German) comes from Proto-Germanic skuppōną, from Proto-Germanic skeubaną, from Proto-Indo-European skewbʰ- — to push.

Ancestry of “scaphan”, step by step

scaphan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic skuppōną

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicskuppōnąto shove, push, swing; to mock, scoff
2Proto-Germanicskeubanąto push, drive
3Proto-Indo-Europeanskewbʰ-to push

via Proto-Germanic skapjaną

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicskapjanąto make, to create; to shape
2Proto-Indo-Europeanskab-to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,...

Words derived from “scaphan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European skewbʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skeubaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic skuppōną →