-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

1. Affixed to nouns and adjectives to form nouns denoting being, status, quality, activity, collectivity or condition.

Derived terms

Middle English terms suffixed with -schipe

borweschipe

capitainship

felaweschipe

frendschipe

hæðene-scipe

hardshipe

holdscipe

knyghtschipe

ladyschipe

lordschipe

madschipe

manscipe

ridership

schendschipe

sotschipe

werkmanschipe

ydelschipe

Descendants

• English: -ship
• Middle Scots: -schip
  • Scots: -ship

See also

• -nesse
• -hede

References

• “-ship(e, suf.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 22 June 2018.