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English word origin

Etymology of kipe

From Middle English kipe, kype, from Old English cȳpe, cȳpa (“basket”), from Proto-Germanic *kipǭ, *kippǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *gey- (“to bend, twist”). Akin to Middle Low German kīpe ("basket"; > German Low German

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗
noun

An osier basket used for catching fish.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From Middle English kipe, kype, from Old English cȳpe, cȳpa (“basket”), from Proto-Germanic *kipǭ, *kippǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *gey- (“to bend, twist”). Akin to Middle Low German kīpe ("basket"; > German Low German Kiep, Kiepke (“basket”), German Kiepe (“carrying basket”)), Norwegian kaup (“wooden box; crate”).

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  • Inherited-form mentionkipeenm
  • Inherited-form mentioncȳpeang
  • Derivation mention*kipǭgem-pro
  • Derivation mention*gey-ine-pro · to bend, twist
  • Cognate mentionkīpegml
  • Cognate mentionKiepede · carrying basket
  • Cognate mentionkaupno
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Source etymology 2

Original entry ↗
verb

To steal.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Perhaps from dialectal kip (“to snatch”).

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