English
ship
Ship comes from Middle English chip, from Old English sċip, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skipą.
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*skipą‘ship’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*skipreconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150sċip
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500chip
- Englishearliest quotation 1944ship
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*skipą‘ship’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*skipreconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150sċip
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500chip
- Englishearliest quotation 1944ship
Earliest quotation: 1944, Wolfgang Langewiesche: “This means that the landing wheels are not so…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *sek- ‘to cut, cut off, sever’
saw, sex, design, sign, risk, section, sexual, seal, segment, sack, insect, scarlet, sawyer, sax, sickle, het, dissect, scythe, sich, shingle, seg, sedge, sigil, brassica, desiccation, sain, desiccant, 62 more
through Proto-Indo-European *skey- ‘to split’
nice, science, scientific, conscious, kyle, ski, shift, shed, squire, skipper, shin, sheath, skeet, scuttle, prescient, skein, scullery, chine, shud, 43 more
through Proto-Germanic *skipą
through Old English sċip
through Middle English chip
Another origin of ship
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*skey-‘to cut’uncertain
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*skēi-b-uncertain
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*skipąreconstructed
- Proto-Germanic, derivedc. 500 BCE–200 CE*skipōną‘to arrange, set up’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*skipōn‘to arrange, set up’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150sċipian
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500schippen
- Englishtodayship
Today it means
noun A water-borne vessel generally larger than a boat.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *skipą / ship