-skepi

See also: šķēpi

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

-scepi

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *-skapiz (“state, condition”). Akin to Old Frisian -skip, -skipe (hence West Frisian -skip), Old English -sciepe (English -ship), Old Dutch -skap (Dutch -schap), Old High German -scaf (hence German -schaft), Old Norse -skapr (hence Danish -skab, Swedish -skap), Old English ġesceape.

Suffix

-skepi m

state, condition; office of
position, rank

Declension

Declension of -skepi (masculine ja-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	-skepi	-skepios
accusative	-skepi	-skepios
genitive	-skepies	-skepiō
dative	-skepie	-skepium
instrumental	—	—

Descendants

Middle Low German: -schop, -schap, -schup
- Low German: -schop

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