Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/skāp

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 *skēpą.

Noun

*skāp n

1. sheep

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*skāp
Genitive	*skāpas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*skāp	*skāpu
Accusative	*skāp	*skāpu
Genitive	*skāpas	*skāpō
Dative	*skāpē	*skāpum
Instrumental	*skāpu	*skāpum

Descendants

• Old English: sċēap, *sċǣp, sċēp, scīp
  • Middle English: schep, scheep, schepe, sheep, shepe, ssep (Kent, Southern)
    • English: sheep (see there for further descendants)
    • Scots: sheep
    • Yola: zheep, sheep
• Old Frisian: skēp
  • North Frisian:

    Föhr-Amrum: schep, schap

    Goesharde: schäip

    Helgoland: skēap

    Mooring: schäip

    Sylt: Sjip

    Wiedingharde: sees

  • East Frisian:

    Harlingerland Frisian: schaip

    Saterland Frisian: Skäip, Schäip

    Wangerooge Frisian: schaip

    Wursten Frisian: schepp, scheep

  • West Frisian: skiep

    Hindeloopen: skeep

    Schiermonnikoog: schiep

• Old Saxon: skāp, scāp
  • Middle Low German: schâp
    • Low German:
      • German Low German:

        Hamburgisch: Schaap

      • Westphalian:

        Ravensbergisch: Schåp

        Sauerländisch: Schōp

        Westmünsterländisch: Schaop

    • Plautdietsch: Schop
• Old Dutch: scāp
  • Middle Dutch: schâep
    • Dutch: schaap
      • Afrikaans: skaap
      • Berbice Creole Dutch: skapu
      • Jersey Dutch: sxâp
      • Negerhollands: skaap, skap
      • → Lokono: sjikapoe, shikápo
      • → Sranan Tongo: skapu
        • → Saramaccan: sikáfu, sikápu
      • → Warao: sikabo
• Old High German: scāf
  • Middle High German: schāf
    • Alemannic German: Schooff

      Swabian: Schoaf

    • Bavarian: Schåf

      Carinthian: Hap

    • East Central German:

      Upper Saxon German: Schåf

    • German: Schaf
      • → Alemannic German: Schaf
    • Hunsrik: Schof
    • Luxembourgish: Schof
    • Rhine Franconian: Schoof

      Palatine German: Schoof

      Pennsylvania German: Schof

    • Vilamovian: siöf
    • Yiddish: שאָף (shof)