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Where does “skeppian” come from?

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

skeppian (Old Saxon): to create

Definitions

  1. to create

Ancestry of “skeppian”, step by step

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

Words derived from “skeppian”

  • giskeppian
Every word from Proto-Indo-European skab- →