Where does “Yip” come from?

Yip is an English surname derived from Cantonese 葉, a Chinese family name of unknown ultimate origin.

Yip (English): a sharp, high-pitched bark

Definitions

  1. a sharp, high-pitched bark

Ancestry of “Yip”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cantonese

Words derived from “Yip

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