Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA woolly ruminant of the genus Ovis. · A member of the domestic species Ovis aries, the most well-known species of Ovis. · A timid, shy person who is easily led by others. · A religious adherent, a member of a congregation or religious community (compare flock).
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *skēpą Proto-West Germanic *skāp Old English sċēap Middle English schep English sheep Inherited from Middle English schep, schepe, from Anglian Old English sċēp (West Saxon sċēap), from Proto-West Germanic *skāp, from Proto-Germanic *skēpą, of unknown origin. Perhaps from the same Scythian word (compare Ossetian цӕу (cæw, “goat”), Persian چپش (čapiš, “yearling goat”)) which was borrowed into Albanian as cjap, sqap (“buck”) and into Slavic (compare Polish cap). After Kroonen, *skēpą is instead from the root of Proto-Germanic *skabaną (“to scratch”) via Kluge's law. Cognates Cognate with Scots sheep (“sheep”), Yola sheep, zheep (“sheep”), North Frisian schep, schäip, Sjip (“sheep”), Saterland Frisian Schäip, Skäip (“sheep”), West Frisian skiep (“sheep”), Alemannic German Schaf, Schooff (“sheep”), Bavarian Schof, Schouf, Schåf (“sheep”), Dutch schaap (“sheep”), German Schaf (“sheep”), German Low German Schaap (“sheep”), Limburgish Schoëp, sjaop (“sheep”), Luxembourgish Schof (“sheep”), Vilamovian siöf (“sheep”), Yiddish שאָף (shof, “sheep”).
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- Inherited-form mentionschepenm
- Inherited-form mention*skāpgmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*skēpągem-pro
- Cognate mentionцӕуos · goat
- Cognate mentionچپشfa · yearling goat
- Cognate mentioncappl
- Cognate mention*skabanągem-pro · to scratch
- Cognate mentionsheepsco · sheep
- Cognate mentionsheepyol
- Cognate mentionschepfrr
- Cognate mentionSchäipstq
- Cognate mentionskiepfy · sheep
- Cognate mentionSchafgsw
- Cognate mentionSchofbar
- Cognate mentionschaapnl · sheep
- Cognate mentionSchafde · sheep
- Cognate mentionSchoëpli
- Cognate mentionSchoflb · sheep
- Cognate mentionsiöfwym · sheep
- Cognate mentionשאָףyi · sheep
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"A woolly ruminant of the genus Ovis.",
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