Where does “kip” come from?

Kip comes from Old Norse kippa, from Proto-Germanic kippǭ, from Proto-Indo-European gey-, ultimately of uncertain meaning.

kip (English): The untanned hide of a young or small beast, such...

Definitions

  1. The untanned hide of a young or small beast, such...

Ancestry of “kip”, step by step

kip traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English kipp

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishkipp—
2Middle Dutchkip—
3Middle Low Germankip—

via English kilo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishkiloClipping of kilogram

via Lao ກີບ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Laoກີບhoof; kip

Words derived from “kip”

Every word from Middle Low German kip →Every word from Middle Dutch kip →Every word from Middle English kipp →