Proto-Indo-European

*(s)kep-

‘to strike, beat’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *(s)kep-.

7 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kep-, most familiar first.

• shape ← schap ← sċeap ← *skāp ← *skēpą
• scoop ← scope ← scoep
• comma ← κόμμα ← κόπτω ← *kopt͏̌ō
• syncope ← συγκοπή ← συγκόπτω ← κόπτω ← *kopt͏̌ō
• kopek ← копе́йка ← копе́йный ← копьё ← копие
• apocope ← ἀποκοπή ← ᾰ̓ποκόπτω
• qapik ← qəpik ← копе́йка ← копе́йный ← копьё

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(s)kep-