Etymology

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Today it means: A stable; a cowhouse. Full definition →

Middle English schipne ← Old English scypen ← Proto-Germanic *skupīnō
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*skupīnō“stall”
  2. Old English · inherited fromscypen“cow-shed, stall, shippen”
  3. Middle English · inherited fromschipne
  4. English todayshippen

From Middle English schipne, schepne, schüpene, from Old English scypen (“cow-shed, stall, shippen”), from Proto-Germanic *skupīnō (“stall”), diminutive of *skup- (“shed, barn”). Related to shop, shepen.

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