*skēpą

Runic: ᛊᚲᛖᛈᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈskɛː.pɑ̃/

noun · neuter · a-stem

Meanings

sheep

Etymology

Unknown. May be a wanderword from West Asia: compare Persian چپش (čapeš, ‘yearling goat’), Proto-Scythian *čapi (whence Ossetian цӕу (cæw, ‘goat’); probably also loaned into Albanian as cap, cjap (‘he-goat’) and Slavic as *capъ (‘he-goat’)) and Proto-Turkic *čepiš (‘yearling goat’).

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Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	skēpą	skēpō
Acc.	skēpą	skēpō
Gen.	skēpas, skēpis	skēpǫ̂
Dat.	skēpai	skēpamaz
Inst.	skēpō	skēpamiz
Voc.	skēpą	skēpō

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Descendants

*skāp (Proto-West Germanic)
- skāp, scāp (Old Dutch)
  - schâep (Middle Dutch)
    - Schoëp, sjaop (Limburgish)
*skāp (Proto-West Germanic)
- skāp, scāp (Old Dutch)
  - schâep (Middle Dutch)
    - schaap (Dutch)
      - skaap (Afrikaans)
      - skapu (Berbice Creole Dutch)
      - sxâp (Jersey Dutch)
      - sjikapoe, shikápo (Lokono)
      - skaap, skap (Negerhollands)
      - sikabo (Warao)
*skāp (Proto-West Germanic)
- skāp, scāp (Old Dutch)
  - schâep (Middle Dutch)
    - schaap (Dutch)
      - skapu (Sranan Tongo)
        
        sikapu (Aukan)
        
        sikáfu, sikápu (Saramaccan)
*skāp (Proto-West Germanic)
- sċēap, sċāp, sċēp, sċīp, sċǣp (Old English)
  - schep, scheep, schepe, sheep, shepe, ssep (Middle English)
    - sheep (English)
    - zheep, sheep (Yola)
*skāp (Proto-West Germanic)
- sċēap, sċāp, sċēp, sċīp, sċǣp (Old English)
  - schep, scheep, schepe, sheep, shepe, ssep (Middle English)
    - scheip, cheip, cheipe, scheipe, sheip, schip, schipe, schap, scheap, scheep, schepe, sceyp, schiepe (Middle Scots)
      - sheep (Scots)
*skāp (Proto-West Germanic)
- skēp (Old Frisian)
  - ? (East Frisian)
  - ? (North Frisian)
  - skiep (West Frisian)
*skāp (Proto-West Germanic)
- scāf (Old High German)
  - schāf (Middle High German)
    - Schooff (Alemannic German)
    - Schåf (Bavarian)
    - ? (East Central German)
    - Schof (Hunsrik)
    - Schof (Luxembourgish)
    - Schoof (Rhine Franconian)
    - siöf (Vilamovian)
    - שאָף (shof) (Yiddish)
*skāp (Proto-West Germanic)
- scāf (Old High German)
  - schāf (Middle High German)
    - Schaf (German)
      - Schaf (Alemannic German)
*skāp (Proto-West Germanic)
- skāp, scāp (Old Saxon)
  - schâp (Middle Low German)
    - Schop (Plautdietsch)
*skāp (Proto-West Germanic)
- skāp, scāp (Old Saxon)
  - schâp (Middle Low German)
    - Schaap, Schap (Low German)
      - Schaap, Schåp, Schoap, Schaop, Schoop, Schap, Schop (German Low German)
      - ? (Westphalian)

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