Where does “Skäip” come from?

Skäip (Saterland Frisian) comes from Old Frisian skēp, from Proto-Germanic *skāp, from Proto-Germanic skapą, from Proto-Germanic skapjaną, from Proto-Indo-European skab- — to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,...

Skäip (Saterland Frisian): sheep

Definitions

  1. sheep

Ancestry of “Skäip”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frisianskēpsheep
2Proto-Germanic*skāp—
3Proto-Germanicskapąshape
4Proto-Germanicskapjanąto make, to create; to shape
5Proto-Indo-Europeanskab-to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European skab- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skapjaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic skapą →