Etymology

shipward

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Today it means: toward a ship Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *wardaz ← Proto-Indo-European *wert- ← English ship
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sek-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*skey-der.?
  3. Proto-Germanic*skipą
  4. Proto-West Germanic*skip
  5. Old Englishscip
  6. Middle Englishschip
  7. Englishship
  8. Proto-Indo-European*wert-
  9. Proto-Germanic*wardaz
  10. English todayshipward

From ship + -ward.

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