Etymograph

English

lakemanship

From lakeman + ship.

A compound of lakeman + ship

Dutch Lakeman

English lakeman

Proto-Germanic *skipą ‘ship’

Proto-West Germanic *skip

Old English sċip

Middle English chip

English ship

Today it means

noun Skill in, and knowledge of, the work of navigating, maintaining, and operating a vessel on a lake.

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

Etymograph / lakemanship