-schipe

Middle English

Alternative forms

• -schip, -schippe, -schipp, -schype, -schyp, -schyppe, -schypp, -shipe, -ship, -shippe, -shipp, -shype, -shyp, -shyppe, -shypp, -scipe, -scip, -scippe, -scipp, -scype, -scyp, -scyppe, -scypp, -chipe, -chip, -chippe, -chipp, -chype, -chyp, -chyppe, -chypp, -shepe, -shep, -sheppe, -shepp, -chepe, -chep, -cheppe, -chepp, -sipe, -sip, -sippe, -sipp, -sype, -syp, -syppe, -sypp, -chope, -shupe, -shup, -shuppe, -shupp, -chuppe, -chup, -ssipe, -ssip, -ssype, -ssyp, -scepe, -scep, -scap, -cip, -cyp, -shape, -supe

Etymology

From Old English -sċiepe, from Proto-West Germanic *-skapi, Proto-Germanic *-skapiz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /-ʃip(ə)/, /-ʃɛp(ə)/

Suffix

-schipe

1. Affixed to nouns and adjectives to form nouns denoting being, status, quality, activity, collectivity or condition.

Derived terms

Middle English terms suffixed with -schipe

Descendants

• English: -ship
• Scots: -schip

See also

• -nesse
• -hede

References

• “-ship(e, suf.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 22 June 2018.