Etymograph

English

sheafification

From sheaf + -ification.

Formed from sheaf + -ification

Proto-Germanic *skauba-

Proto-West Germanic *skaub ‘bundle, sheaf’

Old English sċēaf ‘sheaf, bundle’

Middle English scheef

English sheaf

Today it means

noun The conversion of a presheaf into a sheaf.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “sheafification”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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