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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/-skapi

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *-skapiz.

Suffix

*-skapi m

  1. Forms nouns denoting state, originally meaning "shaping, condition".

Inflection

i-stem
Singular
Nominative *-skapi
Genitive *-skapī
Singular Plural
Nominative *-skapi *-skapī
Accusative *-skapi *-skapī
Genitive *-skapī *-skappjō
Dative *-skapī *-skapim, *-skappjum
Instrumental *-skapī *-skapim, *-skappjum

Derived terms

Proto-West Germanic terms suffixed with *-skapi

Descendants

  • Old English: -sċiepe
  • Old Frisian: -skipe, -skip
  • Old Saxon: -skepi
    • Middle Low German: -skap (likely under influence of the surrounding languages), unstressed forms: -skop, -skup
      • German Low German: -schop
        East Frisian: -skupp
        Münsterländisch: -schopp
        Paderbornisch: -skop, -skopp
  • Old Dutch: -skap
  • Old High German: -skaf, -skaft
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