On: Survivorship Bias

[leipert]

> word-forming element meaning "quality, condition; act, power, skill; office, position; relation between, [...] from Old English -sciepe" [1]

It seems like -ship is related to the German -schaft. e.g. Gemeinschaft <-> fellowship, Gesellschaft <-> companionship, Freundschaft <-> friendship ...

Thanks for letting me search for it. Now I learned something on a slow friday.

[1] http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=-ship

[sudoyou1 → leipert]

You are correct. It also gets more similar in Dutch: "-schap"

Gemeinschaft -> gemeenschap Freundschaft -> vriendschap Gesellschaft -> gezelschap

But in the case of "survivorship", the German equivalent doesn't include "-schaft". It sounds awkward. Probably in Dutch as well.