Where does “skōpa” come from?

skōpa (Old Swedish) comes from Old Norse skopa, from Proto-Germanic skuppōną, from Proto-Germanic skeubaną, from Proto-Indo-European skewbʰ- — to push.

skōpa (Old Swedish): to jump, to play, to dance

Definitions

  1. to jump, to play, to dance

Ancestry of “skōpa”, step by step

skōpa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Norse skopa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseskopa—
2Proto-Germanicskuppōnąto shove, push, swing; to mock, scoff
3Proto-Germanicskeubanąto push, drive
4Proto-Indo-Europeanskewbʰ-to push

via Middle Low German schope

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanschope—
2Proto-Germanicskōpō—

Words derived from “skōpa”

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