Old English sceaft

← Old English sċieppan (mention)

← Old English ġesċeaft (mention)

← Middle English schafte (link)

← Middle English shaft (link)

← Middle English shapte (link)

← Proto-Germanic *skaftaz (derived)

← Proto-West Germanic *skaft (inherited)

← Proto-Indo-European *skeh₂p- (derived)

← Proto-Indo-European *(s)kep- (mention)

← Old Norse skapt (cognate)

→ English liftshaft (inherited)

→ Ancient Greek σκήπτω (cognate)