Editing Scop (section)

== Etymology ==

Old English {{lang|ags|scop}} and its cognate [[Old High German]] {{lang|goh|scoph, scopf, scof}} (glossing {{lang|la|poeta}} and {{lang|la|[[vates]]}}; also {{lang|la|poema}}) may be related to the verb {{lang|ang|scapan}} "to create, form" (Old Norse {{lang|non|skapa}}, Old High German {{lang|goh|scaffan}}; [[Modern English]] {{wikt-lang|en|shape}}), from Proto-Germanic {{lang|gem-x-proto|skapiz}} "form, order" (from a Proto-Indo-European {{lang|ine-x-proto|(s)kep-}} "cut, hack"), perfectly parallel to the notion of craftsmanship expressed by the [[Ancient Greek|Greek]] {{lang|grc-Latn|poetēs}} itself;<ref>suggested e.g. by Alexander 1966</ref> Gerhard Köbler suggests that the West Germanic word may indeed be a [[calque]] of Latin {{lang|la|poeta}}.<ref>{{cite book| last = Köbler| first = Gerhard| title = Wörterbuch des althochdeutschen Sprachschatzes| publisher = Schöningh| edition = 4| date = 1993| location = Paderborn| page =220| isbn = 3-506-74661-8}}</ref>