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Where does “ĉipso” come from?

ĉipso (Esperanto) comes from English chips, from English chip, from Middle English chip, from Old English ċipp, from Old English ċippian, from Proto-Germanic kipp-, from Proto-Indo-European ǵey- — to split; divide; germinate; sprout; to split;...

ĉipso (Esperanto): a thin slice of potato deep fried until crispy, ...

Definitions

  1. a thin slice of potato deep fried until crispy, ...

Ancestry of “ĉipso”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishchipsThird-person singular simple present indicative...
2EnglishchipA small piece broken from a larger piece of solid...
3Middle Englishchipfragment, worthless thing; chip, shard, fragment
4Old Englishċippchip; small piece of wood; chip, splinter,...
5Old Englishċippianto cut; hew
6Proto-Germanickipp-to chop; split; to cut; carve; hack; chop
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵey-to split; divide; germinate; sprout; to split;...
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