Where does “wittenskip” come from?
wittenskip (West Frisian) comes from West Frisian -skip, from Old Frisian -skip, from Proto-West Germanic -skapi, from Proto-Germanic -skapiz, from Proto-Germanic skapjaną, from Proto-Indo-European skab- — to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,...
wittenskip (West Frisian): knowledge, science, scholarship; any academic...
Definitions
- knowledge, science, scholarship; any academic...
Ancestry of “wittenskip”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Frisian | -skip | -ship |
| 2 | Old Frisian | -skip | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | -skapi | Forms nouns denoting state, originally meaning... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -skapiz | Forms nouns denoting state, originally meaning... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | skapjaną | to make, to create; to shape |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | skab- | to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,... |