Etymograph

English

Skaff

Skaff comes from Arabic إِسْكَاف ‘shoemaker’, and goes back to Akkadian AŠGAB.

  1. Akkadianc. 2500–100 BCEAŠGABtransliteratedcuneiform AŠGAB, a transliteration
  2. Classical Syriacmodernܐܶܫܟܳܦܳܐʾeškāp̄ā‘shoemaker’
  3. Arabicc. 500–presentإِسْكَافsakkāfas سكاف‘shoemaker’
  4. EnglishtodaySkaff

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Akkadianc. 2500–100 BCEAŠGABtransliteratedcuneiform AŠGAB, a transliteration
  2. Classical Syriacmodernܐܶܫܟܳܦܳܐʾeškāp̄ā‘shoemaker’
  3. Arabicc. 500–presentإِسْكَافsakkāfas سكاف‘shoemaker’
  4. EnglishtodaySkaff

Every English word from Akkadian AŠGAB

Today it means

name A surname from Arabic.

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