English
Schiff
Schiff comes from German Schiff ‘ship’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *skipą.
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*skipą‘ship’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*skip‘ship’reconstructed
- Old High Germanc. 750–1050skif‘ship, boat’
- Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350schif‘ship’
- Germanc. 1650–presentSchiff‘ship’
- Englishearliest quotation 2023same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*skipą‘ship’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*skip‘ship’reconstructed
- Old High Germanc. 750–1050skif‘ship, boat’
- Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350schif‘ship’
- Germanc. 1650–presentSchiff‘ship’
- Englishearliest quotation 2023same form
Earliest quotation: 2023, Haley Talbot and Kristin Wilson, House votes to censure Democratic congressman who led Trump : “The resolution accuses [Adam] Schiff of misleading the American…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *skey- ‘to split, to dissect’
nice, science, scientific, shed, kyle, ski, shift, conscious, skipper, shin, squire, sheath, skeet, prescient, scuttle, skein, shud, chine, scullery, 42 more
through Proto-Germanic *skipą ‘ship’
equipment, shipping, skiff, 4 more
through Proto-West Germanic *skip ‘ship’
Today it means
name A surname from German.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *skipą / Schiff