Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗To move an object over, maintaining contact, with the intention of removing some substance from the surface. (Compare rub.) · To smear (a substance) with this kind of motion. · To remove by rubbing; to rub off; to obliterate; usually followed by away, off, or out. · To clean (the anus, buttocks and/or genitals) after defecation or urination.
The act of wiping something. · A soft piece of cloth or cloth-like material used for wiping. · A handkerchief. · A kind of film transition where one shot replaces another by travelling from one side of the frame to another or with a special shape.
From Middle English wipen, from Old English wīpian (“to wipe, rub, cleanse”), from Proto-West Germanic *wīpōn (“to wipe”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyp- (“to twist, wind around”). Cognate with German wippen (“to bob”), Swedish veva (“to turn, wind, crank”), Gothic 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍀𐌰𐌽 (weipan, “to wreathe, crown”), Old English swīfan (“to revolve, sweep, wend, intervene”), Sanskrit वेपते (vépate, “to tremble”). More at swivel, swift.
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This page abbreviates 9 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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