Given name & surname
Schiff
Schiff is a surname from German, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European. It is used in English, French, and German.
Original GermanSchiffle
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Schiff comes from German, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From German Schiff, from Middle High German schif, from Old High German skif, from Proto-West Germanic *skip, from Proto-Germanic *skipą, from Proto-Indo-European *skey-, built from Proto-Indo-European *sek- + *-éyti.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Schiff’s family of names
In German usage, Schiff has a later derivative in SCHIFFNER. In German usage, Schiff as a surname has a related form in Schiffle. In German usage, Schiff as a surname has a related form in SCHIFFMANN.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Schiff has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its German roots to each of them.
Germanwhere Schiff comes from · 3 names
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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