The story
- Old English · derived fromsċyppend
- Middle English · inherited fromschapere
- English todayshaper
From Middle English schapere, alteration (perhaps due to Old Norse skaperi, skapari) of Old English sċyppend, sċieppend (“shaper; maker; creator”), equivalent to shape + -er. Cognate with Dutch schepper, German Schöpfer, Danish skaber, Swedish skapare, Icelandic skapari.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.