Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skapą

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From or otherwise related to *skapjaną (“to make, to create”). Compare Latin scabō (“to scrape”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskɑ.pɑ̃/

Noun

*skapą

1. shape

Declension

neuter a-stemDeclension of *skapą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*skapą	*skapō
vocative	*skapą	*skapō
accusative	*skapą	*skapō
genitive	*skapas, *skapis	*skapǫ̂
dative	*skapai	*skapamaz
instrumental	*skapō	*skapamiz

Derived terms

• *skapōną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *skap
  • Old English: sceap, ġesceap
    • Middle English: shap, schape
      • English: shape
  • Old Frisian: skep
    • North Frisian: schååp
  • Old Saxon: skap
    • Middle Low German: schap
      • Low German: Schapp
        • → German: Schapp
      • Plautdietsch: Schaup
      • → Old Norse: skáp (late)
        • Icelandic: skápur
        • Faroese: skáp
        • Old Danish: skap, skaap
          • Danish: skab
        • Norwegian:
          • Norwegian Bokmål: skap
          • Norwegian Nynorsk: skap, skåp
        • Old Swedish: skap, skāp
          • Swedish: skåp
          • → Finnish: kaappi
          • → Ingrian: kaappi
          • → Votic: kaappi
      • → Estonian: kapp
      • → Latvian: skapis
  • Old Dutch: *skap
    • Middle Dutch: schap
      • Dutch: schap
  • Old High German: scaf
    • Middle High German: schaf
      • Central Franconian: Schaf
        • Luxembourgish: Schaf
      • German: Schaff
      • → Polish: szafa
        • → Belarusian: ша́фа (šáfa)
        • → Ukrainian: ша́фа (šáfa)
        • → Yiddish: שאַפֿע (shafe)
      • → Russian: шкаф (škaf) (see there for further descendants)
      • → Bulgarian: шкаф (škaf)
      • → Serbo-Croatian: шкаф
    • Italo-Romance:
      • → Italian: scaffa
      • → Sicilian: scaffa
        • → Maltese: xkaffa
• Old Norse: skap
  • Icelandic: skap
  • Norwegian Bokmål: skap m or n

Further reading

• “Schaff” in Duden online
• skåp in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)