*skipą

Runic: ᛊᚲᛁᛈᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈski.pɑ̃/

noun · neuter · a-stem

Meanings

ship
any hollow or concave manmade object
vessel, tub

Etymology

Uncertain etymology.

One theory derives it from Proto-Indo-European *skēi-b-, *ski-b-, which would be an extension of *skey- (‘to cut’). Compare Lithuanian skiẽbti (‘to rip up’), Latvian škibît (‘to cut, lop’). A relation to Proto-Germanic *skapjaną (‘to create, shape’) has been considered related as well, but the phonetics pose difficulties. The original meaning inherited from Proto-Indo-European was likely “hollowed tree”, and all daughter languages agree in the meaning “ship”, thus the specified meaning “ship” is assumed for Proto-Germanic; however the Old High German word also had the meaning “hollow object” and described various vessels and containers, so the Proto-Germanic word could also have been used in a more generic fashion. Moreover, one meaning does not have to exclude the other by rule. Compare the development of Old Norse skeið (‘sheath; spoon; ship’), also from an extension of *skey-; cf. also unrelated Latin vās (‘hollow object’), source of French vaisseau (‘vessel’).

Kroonen instead claims that this word would rather be a loanword from Latin scyphus (‘drinking vessel’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	skipą	skipō
Acc.	skipą	skipō
Gen.	skipas, skipis	skipǫ̂
Dat.	skipai	skipamaz
Inst.	skipō	skipamiz
Voc.	skipą	skipō

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Descendants

*skip (Proto-West Germanic)
- skip, scip (Old Dutch)
  - schip, schep (Middle Dutch)
    - sjeep (Limburgish)
*skip (Proto-West Germanic)
- skip, scip (Old Dutch)
  - schip, schep (Middle Dutch)
    - schip (Dutch)
      - skip (Afrikaans)
*skip (Proto-West Germanic)
- sċip, sċyp (Old English)
  - schip, schup (Middle English)
    - ship, schip (Scots)
*skip (Proto-West Germanic)
- sċip, sċyp (Old English)
  - schip, schup (Middle English)
    - ship (English)
      - ŝipo (Esperanto)
*skip (Proto-West Germanic)
- skip (Old Frisian)
  - ? (North Frisian)
  - Skip, Schip (Saterland Frisian)
  - skip (West Frisian)
*skip (Proto-West Germanic)
- skif, skef, scif (Old High German)
  - schif, schef (Middle High German)
    - Schiff, Scheff (Bavarian)
    - Schiff (German)
    - שיף (shif) (Yiddish)
*skip (Proto-West Germanic)
- skif, skef, scif (Old High German)
  - schif, schef (Middle High German)
    - Scheff, Schoff, Schöff (Central Franconian)
      - Schiff (Hunsrik)
      - Schëff (Luxembourgish)
*skip (Proto-West Germanic)
- skif, skef, scif (Old High German)
  - schifo (Old Italian)
    - skeevy, skeeve (English)
    - schifo (Italian)
*skip (Proto-West Germanic)
- skif, skef, scif (Old High German)
  - schifo (Old Italian)
    - esquif (Middle French)
      - esquif (French)
*skip (Proto-West Germanic)
- skif, skef, scif (Old High German)
  - schifo (Old Italian)
    - esquif (Middle French)
      - skif (Middle English)
        
        skiff (English)
        
        скиф (skif) (Russian)
*skip (Proto-West Germanic)
- skip (Old Saxon)
  - schip, schep (Middle Low German)
    - Schipp (Low German)
      - Schipp, Schip (German Low German)
      - Schepp (Plautdietsch)
skip (Old Norse)
- skip (Faroese)
- skip (Icelandic)
- scib (Irish)
- skip (Norwegian Nynorsk)
- sgioba (Scottish Gaelic)
skip (Old Norse)
- skip (Old Danish)
  - śevv (Scanian)
skip (Old Norse)
- skip (Old Danish)
  - skib (Danish)
    - skip (Norwegian Bokmål)
skip (Old Norse)
- skip (Old Swedish)
  - skepp (Swedish)
𐍃𐌺𐌹𐍀 (skip) (Gothic)

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