Back-formation fromlandscape, the suffix representingMiddle Dutch-schap(“the English suffix -ship, e.g. of friendship, kinship, ownership”), fromOld Dutch-skap(“-ship”), fromProto-Germanic*-skapiz(“-ship”), from*skapaz(“shape, form”). Cognate with ModernDutch-schap(“-ship”),German-schaft(“-ship”),Swedish-skap(“-ship”),Old English-sceap,-scipe(“-ship”). More at-ship,shape.
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