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
  • Middle English: -schippe, -shipe
    • English: -ship
    • Scots: -schip
• 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)