Feminine
-schaft
Meaning
-ship, -hood
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʃaft/
Etymology
In summary
Middle High German -schaft, from Old High German -skaft, -skaf, from Proto-West Germanic *-skapi. Cognate with Dutch -schap, Swedish -skap, English -ship, Danish -skab, West Frisian -skip. Final -t possibly from Proto-Germanic *-þiz, as seen in *gaskaftiz.
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