Where does “šif” come from?
šif (Serbo-Croatian) comes from French chiffe, from Middle French chiffe, from Old French chipe, from Middle English chip, from Old English ċipp, from Old English ċippian, from Proto-Germanic kipp-, from Proto-Indo-European ǵey- — to split; divide; germinate; sprout; to split;...
šif (Serbo-Croatian): galley; askew, lopsided, tilted
Definitions
- galley; askew, lopsided, tilted
Ancestry of “šif”, step by step
šif traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French chiffe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | chiffe | rag; drip |
| 2 | Middle French | chiffe | cloth, old rag |
| 3 | Old French | chipe | rag; bit, scrap |
| 4 | Middle English | chip | fragment, worthless thing; chip, shard, fragment |
| 5 | Old English | ċipp | chip; small piece of wood; chip, splinter,... |
| 6 | Old English | ċippian | to cut; hew |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | kipp- | to chop; split; to cut; carve; hack; chop |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵey- | to split; divide; germinate; sprout; to split;... |