Where does “kips” come from?
Kips derives from English kilo, which comes from Old Norse kippa, from Proto-Germanic kippǭ, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European gey-.
kips (English): plural of kip; Third-person singular simple...
Definitions
- plural of kip; Third-person singular simple...
Ancestry of “kips”, step by step
kips traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English K
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | K | The ordinal number eleventh, derived from this... |
| 2 | English | kilo- | API; In the International System of Units and... |
| 3 | French | kilo- | kilo |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | χίλιοι | thousand |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | *kʰehliyoi | thousand |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰéslom | thousand |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |