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Where does “skāp” come from?

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

Ancestry of “skāp”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicskāpsheep
2Proto-Germanicskapąshape
3Proto-Germanicskapjanąto make, to create; to shape
4Proto-Indo-Europeanskab-to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,...

Words derived from “skāp”

  • Schaap
  • Scheper
Every word from Proto-Indo-European skab- →