cipp

Pronunciation: /t͡ʃipp/

“cipp” is an Old English word. Its 4 meanings in English:

noun

a small piece of wood; a shaving; chip
log, beam; trunk
plough-share, colter
weaver’s beam

Etymology

Derived from *ċippian ("to chip; chop off in pieces"; compare forċippian), from Proto-West Germanic *kippōn, from Proto-Germanic *kipp- (“to chop; split”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵey- (“to split; divide; germinate; sprout”). Cognate with Middle Low German kēp (“notch, nick, cut”), Dutch keep (“notch, nick, score”), Middle Dutch kippen (“to chip, hatch”), Middle Low German kippen (“to chip,…

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