Old English · noun

cype

Normalised cȳpe

Part of speech: noun, feminine
Declension: weak n-stem
IPA: /ˈkyː.pe/
Syllables: ˈkyː · pe (2 syllables)
Modern English: kipe hamper

Meaning

a basket or hamper

Declension

Declension of cype
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cȳpe	cȳpan
Accusative	cȳpan	cȳpan
Genitive	cȳpan	cȳpena
Dative	cȳpan	cȳpum

Etymology

Origin Uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-West Germanic *kūpijā (“bucket”), diminutive of Proto-West Germanic *kūpu (“tub, vat”). Alternatively, from Proto-West Germanic *kīpā, from Proto-Germanic *kīpǭ, *kippǭ (“basket”), from Proto-Indo-European *gey- (“to bend, twist”); related to Middle Dutch kiepe (“basket”), Middle Low German kîpe (“basket”), Old Norse kippa (“basket”). Compare also Norwegian kaup (“crate, wooden box”).

Descendants

kipe

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