Where does “nipcheese” come from?
nipcheese (English) comes from English NIP, from English nipperkin, from Middle Dutch nipen, from Old Dutch nīpen, from Proto-Germanic *hnīpan, from Proto-Germanic hnīpaną, from Proto-Indo-European kneybʰ-.
nipcheese (English): A purser in the navy; A stingy person
Definitions
- A purser in the navy; A stingy person
Ancestry of “nipcheese”, step by step
nipcheese traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English NIP
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | NIP | Abbreviation of non-native invasive plant;... |
| 2 | English | nipperkin | A small cup or other vessel, of perhaps 1/8 pint... |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | nipen | to pinch, to squeeze |
| 4 | Old Dutch | nīpen | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *hnīpan | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | hnīpaną | to pinch, to squeeze |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kneybʰ- | — |