Etymology

shippon

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Middle English shipne ← Old English sċypen ← Proto-Germanic *skupinī
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*skup-
  2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*skupinī
  3. Old English · inherited fromsċypen
  4. Middle English · inherited fromshipne
  5. English todayshippon

From Middle English shipne, shepne, schüpene, from Old English sċypen, from Proto-Germanic *skupinī, from Proto-Germanic *skup- (whence shop). Cognate with German Schuppen (“shed”), and Bavarian Schupfn, Schupfa.

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