Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗The extreme end of something, especially when pointed; e.g. the sharp end of a pencil. · A piece of metal, fabric or other material used to cover the top of something for protection, utility or decoration. · The end of a bow of a stringed instrument that is not held. · A small piece of meat.
To provide with a tip; to cover the tip of.
From Middle English tip, typ, tippe (“tip”), of obscure and uncertain origin. Perhaps distantly related to top. Related to Saterland Frisian Tip (“tip”), West Frisian tippe, tip (“tip”), Dutch tip (“tip”), German Low German Tip, Tippel (“tip”), dialectal German Zipf (“tip”) (diminutive Zipfel used in Standard German), Danish tip (“tip”), Swedish tipp (“tip”), Icelandic typpi (“knob, pin, penis”). Compare also Saterland Frisian Timpe (“tip”), West Frisian timpe (“tip”), Old English tæppa (“tap, spigot”), Middle High German züpfel (“pointed end, tip”).
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- Inherited-form mentiontipenm
- Cognate mentionTipstq · tip
- Cognate mentiontippefy
- Cognate mentiontipnl · tip
- Cognate mentionZipfde · tip
- Cognate mentiontipda · tip
- Cognate mentiontippsv · tip
- Cognate mentiontyppiis · knob, pin, penis
- Cognate mentionTimpestq · tip
- Cognate mentiontimpefy · tip
- Cognate mentiontæppaang · tap, spigot
- Cognate mentionzüpfelgmh · pointed end, tip
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