Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/skāp

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

From Proto-Germanic *skēpą.

*skāp n^[1]

1. sheep

• Old English: sċēap, *sċǣp, sċēp, scīp
  • Middle English: schep, scheep, schepe, sheep, shepe, ssep (Kent, Southern)
    • English: sheep (see there for further descendants)
    • Scots: sheep
    • Yola: zheep, sheep
• Old Frisian: skēp
  • North Frisian:

    Föhr-Amrum: schep, schap

    Goesharde: schäip

    Helgoland: skēap

    Mooring: schäip

    Sylt: Sjip

    Wiedingharde: sees

  • East Frisian:

    Harlingerland Frisian: schaip

    Saterland Frisian: Skäip, Schäip

    Wangerooge Frisian: schaip

    Wursten Frisian: schepp, scheep

  • West Frisian: skiep

    Hindeloopen: skeep

    Schiermonnikoog: schiep

• Old Saxon: skāp, scāp
  • Middle Low German: schâp
    • Low German:
      • German Low German:

        Hamburgisch: Schaap

      • Westphalian:

        Ravensbergisch: Schåp

        Sauerländisch: Schōp

        Westmünsterländisch: Schaop

    • Plautdietsch: Schop
• Old Dutch: scāp
  • Middle Dutch: schâep
    • Dutch: schaap
      • Afrikaans: skaap
      • Berbice Creole Dutch: skapu
      • Jersey Dutch: sxâp
      • Negerhollands: skaap, skap
      • → Lokono: sjikapoe, shikápo
      • → Sranan Tongo: skapu
        • → Saramaccan: sikáfu, sikápu
      • → Warao: sikabo
• Old High German: scāf
  • Middle High German: schāf
    • Alemannic German: Schooff

      Swabian: Schoaf

    • Bavarian: Schåf

      Carinthian: Hap

    • East Central German:

      Upper Saxon German: Schåf

    • German: Schaf
      • → Alemannic German: Schaf
    • Hunsrik: Schof
    • Luxembourgish: Schof
    • Rhine Franconian: Schoof

      Palatine German: Schoof

      Pennsylvania German: Schof

    • Vilamovian: siöf
    • Yiddish: שאָף (shof)