Etymograph

English

Schaff

Schaff comes from German Schaf ‘sheep’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *skēpą.

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*skēpą‘sheep’reconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*skāp‘sheep’reconstructed
  3. Old High Germanc. 750–1050scāf‘sheep’
  4. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350schâf‘sheep’
  5. Germanc. 1650–presentSchaf‘sheep’
  6. EnglishtodaySchaff

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*skēpą‘sheep’reconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*skāp‘sheep’reconstructed
  3. Old High Germanc. 750–1050scāf‘sheep’
  4. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350schâf‘sheep’
  5. Germanc. 1650–presentSchaf‘sheep’
  6. EnglishtodaySchaff

Linked words

through Proto-Germanic *skēpą ‘sheep’

shapeless, 1 more

through Proto-West Germanic *skāp ‘sheep’

shape, sheep, 1 more

Today it means

name A surname.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *skēpą / Schaff

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