The story
- Old English · inherited fromsċēap“sheep”
- English todayShippey
"Dweller at the isle where the sheep are kept", from Old English sċēap (“sheep”) + īeg (“island”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishsċēap all →
SkiptonSheffordSkipwithShapcott
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.