Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/-skapi

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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

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
Instrumental	*-skapī	*-skapim

Derived terms

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Descendants

Old English: -sċiepe, -sċipe, -sċype
- Middle English: -schippe, -shippe and several variants thereof
  - Scots: -schip, -ship
  - English: -ship
Old Frisian: -skipe, -skip
- Saterland Frisian: -skup
- West Frisian: -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
- Middle Dutch: -schap
  - Dutch: -schap
    - Afrikaans: -skap
Old High German: -skaf, -skaft
- Middle High German: -schaft
  - German: -schaft
  - Yiddish: ־שאַפֿט‎ (-shaft)