ship
suffix denoting ‘state or condition’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. -skiepe, -scipe, -schip, -shipp < M.E. -schipe < O.E. -sciepe < A. -scip ‘state, condition of being’ < Proto-G. -skepi- < skap- ‘to create, ordain, appoint’ < ship < (s)kep- < Tamil kappu