sheep

Scots

[ʃip]

noun

Definitions

sheep woolly ruminant of the genus Ovis

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English sheep inherited from Old English scēap inherited from Proto-Germanic *skēpą.

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*skēpą

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

sheep English
*skēpą Proto-Germanic
scēap Old English
sċēap Old English
sheep Middle English
scaf Old High German
scāf Old High German
*skāp gmw-pro
scap Old Dutch
scāp Old Dutch
skāp Old Dutch
skap Old Saxon
skāp Old Saxon
skēp Old Frisian
zheep Yola