cipp

See also: ċipp

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃipp/, [t͡ʃip]

Etymology 1

Derived from *ċippian ("to chip; chop off in pieces"; compare forċippian), from Proto-West Germanic *kippōn, from Proto-Germanic *kipp- (“to chop; split”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵey- (“to split; divide; germinate; sprout”). Cognate with Middle Low German kēp (“notch, nick, cut”), Dutch keep (“notch, nick, score”), Middle Dutch kippen (“to chip, hatch”), Middle Low German kippen (“to chip, hatch”).

Noun

ċipp m (nominative plural ċippas)

1. a small piece of wood; a shaving; chip

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	ċipp	ċippas
accusative	ċipp	ċippas
genitive	ċippes	ċippa
dative	ċippe	ċippum

Descendants

• Middle English: chippe, chep, chip
  • English: chip
  • Scots: chip
  • Yola: chemis (plural)
  • → Old French: chippe, chipe
    • Middle French: chiffe
      • French: chiffe
        • ⇒ French: chiffon
          • → English: chiffon

Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *kipp, from Proto-Germanic *kippaz, *kipaz (“log, beam, fetter, foot-block”), of uncertain origin. Often aligned with Latin cippus, cīpus (“post, stake, pointed column made of wood or stone”), though borrowing from the Latin is inconclusive. The Germanic and Latin terms may have been independent borrowings from a third unknown source language.

Akin to Old Saxon kipp, kip (“stick, post”), Old Dutch kip (“fetter”), Old High German kipf (“axle, stave”), Old Norse keppr (“cudgel, club”).

Alternative forms

• ċip, ċyp, ċypp

Noun

ċipp m

1. log, beam; trunk
2. plough-share, colter
3. weaver’s beam

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	ċipp	ċippas
accusative	ċipp	ċippas
genitive	ċippes	ċippa
dative	ċippe	ċippum