Etymology

sheepy

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Today it means: Resembling or characteristic of a sheep. Full definition →

English sheep ← Middle English schep ← Old English sċēap
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sheepy · adjective, noun1

  1. Proto-Germanic*skēpą
  2. Proto-West Germanic*skāp
  3. Old Englishsċēap
  4. Middle Englishschep
  5. Englishsheep
  6. English todaysheepy

From sheep + -y.

Sheepy · proper noun2

  1. Old English · derived fromsċēap“sheep”
  2. English todaySheepy

From Old English sċēap (“sheep”) + īeġ (“island”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishsċēap all →

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