Roots / *skep-
skep- “to scratch, scrape, cut” Widely accepted cutting crafting
Source of English shape, shaft, shave, scalpel
At a Glance
Reconstruction skep- Meaning “to scratch, scrape, cut” Confidence Widely accepted Semantic field cutting, crafting Root for cutting and scraping, yielding English shape, shaft, shave and Latin scalpere (to carve).
bʰerdʰ- “to cut, split, separate” bʰerH- “to scrape, bore, perforate” bʰeyd-₂ “to split, cleave, bite” dheh₁-bʰr- “skillful maker, builder” dʰeyǵʰ-₂ “to form from clay, build” gʰel-₃ “to cut, wound, kill” ǵheysd-₂ “to strike, wound” h₂erh₁- “to fit together, join” related entry