Where does “שאַפֿן” come from?

שאַפֿן (Yiddish) comes from Old High German scaffan, from Proto-West Germanic skappjan, from Proto-Germanic skapjaną, from Proto-Indo-European skab- — to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,...

שאַפֿן (Yiddish): to create

Definitions

  1. to create

Ancestry of “שאַפֿן”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanscaffan—
2Proto-West Germanicskappjanto make, to create
3Proto-Germanicskapjanąto make, to create; to shape
4Proto-Indo-Europeanskab-to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,...

Words derived from “שאַפֿן”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European skab- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skapjaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic skappjan →