skif

French

Noun

skif m (plural skifs)

1. Alternative spelling of skiff

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *skip, from Proto-Germanic *skipą, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *skey-, possibly from *sek- + *-éyti.

Cognate with Old Saxon skip, Old English sċip, Old Norse skip, Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌹𐍀 (skip).

Noun

skif n

1. ship, boat

Derived terms

• skifskalk

Descendants

• Middle High German: schif, schef
  • Bavarian: Schiff, Scheff
  • Central Franconian: Scheff, Schoff, Schöff (parts of Eifel, southwestern Ripuarian)
    • Hunsrik: Schiff
    • Luxembourgish: Schëff
  • German: Schiff
  • Yiddish: שיף (shif)
• → Old Italian: schifo
  • Italian: schifo
  • ⇒ English: skeevy
  • ⇒ English: skeeve
  • → Middle French: esquif
    • French: esquif
    • → Middle English: skif
      • English: skiff
        • → Russian: скиф (skif)