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

    Descendants

    • Middle High German: schif, schef
      • Bavarian: Schiff, Scheff
      • Central Franconian: Scheff, Schoff, Schöff (parts of Eifel, southwestern Ripuarian)
      • German: Schiff
      • Yiddish: שיף (shif)
    • → Old Italian: schifo
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