Proto-Indo-European

*skeh₂p-

‘rod, shaft, staff, club’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *skeh₂p-.

7 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *skeh₂p-, most familiar first.

• scope ← scopa ← *skōpā ← *skoh₂péh₂
• shaft ← chafte ← sċeaft ← *skaft ← *skaftaz
• sceptre ← septre ← scēptrum ← σκῆπτρον ← σκήπτω
• liftshaft ← lift ← sceaft ← *skaft ← *skaftaz
• scapolite ← scapus
• scopula ← scōpa ← *skōpā ← *skoh₂péh₂
• scapus

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *skeh₂p-