Old English · noun

cipp

Normalised ċipp

Part of speech: noun, masculine
Declension: strong a-stem
IPA: /t͡ʃipp/
[t͡ʃip]
Syllables: t͡ʃipp (1 syllable)
Modern English: chip log colter plough-share beam trunk shaving weaver

cipp1 · noun · masculine

Senses

log, beam; trunk
plough-share, colter
weaver’s beam

Declension · strong a-stem

Declension of cipp
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ċipp	ċippas
Accusative	ċipp	ċippas
Genitive	ċippes	ċippa
Dative	ċippe	ċippum

cipp2 · noun · masculine

Senses

a small piece of wood; a shaving; chip

Declension · strong a-stem

Declension of cipp
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ċipp	ċippas
Accusative	ċipp	ċippas
Genitive	ċippes	ċippa
Dative	ċippe	ċippum

Etymology

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”).

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”).

Descendants

chip

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