Where does “שעפּן” come from?

שעפּן (Yiddish) comes from Old High German scaphan, from Proto-Germanic skuppōną, from Proto-Germanic skeubaną, from Proto-Indo-European skewbʰ- — to push.

שעפּן (Yiddish): draw; derive; dip, scoop, draw water

Definitions

  1. draw; derive; dip, scoop, draw water

Ancestry of “שעפּן”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanscaphan—
2Proto-Germanicskuppōnąto shove, push, swing; to mock, scoff
3Proto-Germanicskeubanąto push, drive
4Proto-Indo-Europeanskewbʰ-to push
Every word from Proto-Indo-European skewbʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skeubaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic skuppōną →