-schipe
Middle English
Alternative forms
- -chip, -chipe, -chipp, -chippe, -chyp, -chype, -chypp, -chyppe, -schip, -schippe, -schipp, -schyp, -schype, -schypp, -schyppe, -ship, -shipe, -shipp, -shippe, -shyp, -shype, -shypp, -shyppe, -sip, -sipe, -sipp, -syp, -sype, -sypp, -syppe
- -scipe, -supe (Early Middle English); -sippe, -ssip, -ssipe, -ssyp, -ssype (Kent, Southwestern, Southwest Midland)
- -chepe, -chep, -cheppe, -chepp, -shep, -shepe, -shepp, -sheppe (especially East Anglia, Northern, North Midland)
- -shape (Northwest Midland); -chope, -chup, -chuppe, -schup, -schupe, -shup, -shupp, -shuppe, -supe (especially Ireland, West Midland)
- -cip, -cyp, -scap, -scep, -scepe, -scip, -scipp, -scippe, -scyp, -scypp, -scyppe (Northern)
Etymology
From Old English -sċiepe, from Proto-West Germanic *-skapi, from Proto-Germanic *-skapiz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /-ʃip(ə)/, /-ʃɛp(ə)/
- IPA(key): /-ʃup(ə)/ (especially Ireland or West Midland)
Suffix
-schipe
- Affixed to nouns and adjectives to form nouns denoting being, status, quality, activity, collectivity or condition.
Derived terms
Middle English terms suffixed with -schipe
knyghtschipe
ladyschipe
Descendants
See also
References
- “-ship(e, suf.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 22 June 2018.