-ship
/ˈʃɪp/ · suffix
Meaning
- Appended to a noun to form a new noun denoting a property or state of being, time spent in a role, or a specialised union. In particular, the way a set of social duties associated with a particular role shapes or develop's one's character.
Etymology / origin
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *skapjaną Proto-Germanic *-skapiz Proto-West Germanic *-skapi Old English -sċiepe Middle English -schipe English -ship From Middle English -schipe, -shippe, from Old English -sċiepe, from Proto-West Germanic *-skapi, from Proto-Germanic *-skapiz. Compare Scots -schip, West Frisian -skip, Dutch -schap, German -schaft, Swedish -skap, Icelandic -skapur. Related to shape.
- -skapur(is)→
- -skap(Swedish)→
- -schaft(German)→
- -schap(Dutch)→
- -skip(West Frisian)→
- -schip(sco)→
- *-skapiz(gem-pro)→
- *-skapi(gmw-pro)→
- -sċiepe(ang)→
- -schipe(Middle English)→
- *(s)kep-(ine-pro)→
- -ship (English)
- Relations: root, inh, inh, inh, inh, cog, cog, cog, cog, cog, cog
Related words
Descendant words
- -schap(Dutch) (cog)
- -schaft(German) (cog)
- -schop(Low German) (cog)
- -skup(Saterland Frisian) (cog)
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