Source etymology 1 · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo chop or cut into small pieces. · To break small pieces from. · To become chipped. · To chisel (something), to chisel on (something).
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *kippōną Proto-West Germanic *kippōn Old English *ċippiander. Old English ċipp Middle English chippe English chip Noun from Middle English chip, chippe, from Old English ċipp (“chip; small piece of wood, shaving”), from Old English *ċippian (“to cut; hew”) – attested in Old English forċippian (“to cut off”) –, from Proto-West Germanic *kippōn (“to cut; carve; hack; chop”), from Proto-Germanic *kippōną (“to chip, chop”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵeyb- (“to split; divide; germinate; sprout”). Related to Dutch kip, keep (“notch; nick; score”), Dutch kippen (“to hatch”), German Low German kippen (“to cut; clip; trim; shorten”), German kipfen (“to chop off the tip; snip”), Old Swedish kippa (“to chop”). Compare also chop. The formally similar Old English ċipp, ċypp, ċyp (“a beam; log; stock; post”), from Proto-Germanic *kippaz (“log; beam”) (whence Old Saxon kip (“post”), Old High German kipfa, chipfa (“axle, stave”), Old Norse keppr (“cudgel, club”)) is a different, unrelated word either borrowed from Latin cippus (“stake; pale; post”) or borrowed from the same source language as the Latin. Verb from Middle English chippen, from Old English *ċippian (“to cut; hew”) – attested in Old English forċippian (“to cut off”) – see above.
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- Inherited-form mentionchipenm
- Inherited-form mentionċippang · chip; small piece of wood, shaving
- Derivation mention*ċippianang
- Cognate mentionforċippianang · to cut off
- Inherited-form mention*kippōngmw-pro · to cut; carve; hack; chop
- Inherited-form mention*kippōnągem-pro · to chip, chop
- Derivation mention*ǵeyb-ine-pro · to split; divide; germinate; sprout
- Cognate mentionkipnl
- Cognate mentionkippennl · to hatch
- Cognate mentionkipfende · to chop off the tip; snip
- Cognate mentionkippagmq-osw · to chop
- Inherited-form mentionchippenenm
- Inherited-form mention*ċippianang · to cut; hew
This page abbreviates 10 auxiliary source items. The etymology narrative is not shortened. Omission counts are available in the audit fields below; consult the original for complete auxiliary material.
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"To chop or cut into small pieces.",
"To break small pieces from.",
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"To chisel (something), to chisel on (something)."
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