Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/skipārī

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 *skipārijaz. Equivalent to *skip (“skip”) +‎ *-ārī (“-er”).

Noun

*skipārī m

1. sailor

   Synonym: *skipamann

Inflection

Masculine ja-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*skipārī
Genitive	*skipārijas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*skipārī	*skipārijō, *skipārijōs
Accusative	*skipārī	*skipārijā
Genitive	*skipārijas	*skipārijō
Dative	*skipārijē	*skipārijum
Instrumental	*skipāriju	*skipārijum

Descendants

• Old English: sċipere
• Old Frisian: *skipere
  • Saterland Frisian: Skipper
  • West Frisian: skipper
• Old Saxon: *skipāri
  • Middle Low German: schippære, schippere, schēpere
    • German Low German: Schipper
      • → German: Schipper
• Old Dutch: *skipāri
  • Middle Dutch: schipper
    • Dutch: schipper
    • → Middle English: skippere
      • English: skipper
        • → German: Skipper
• Old High German: *skiffāri
  • Middle High German: schiffære, schiffere
    • German: Schiffer
    • Yiddish: שיפֿער (shifer)
• → Vulgar Latin: *schipārī (or from Old Norse skipari)
  • Old French: eschipre, eskipre
    • Middle French: eschipre, esquipe, scippre