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Where does “-skepi” come from?

-skepi (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-Germanic -skapiz, from Proto-Germanic skapjaną, from Proto-Indo-European skab- — to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,...

-skepi (Old Saxon): state, condition; office of; position, rank

Definitions

  1. state, condition; office of; position, rank

Ancestry of “-skepi”, step by step

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

Words derived from “-skepi”

  • -schop
  • -schap
  • gibodskepi
  • -schop
  • Gemeenschop
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