Where does “chiper” come from?
chiper (French) comes from Romanian piper, from Bulgarian пипе́р, from Proto-Slavic pьpьrь, from Latin piper, from Ancient Greek πέπερι, from Sanskrit पिप्पलि, from Sanskrit पिप्पल — berry; the sacred fig, "Ficus religiosa"; a kind...
chiper (French): to pinch; to steal; to rob
Definitions
- to pinch; to steal; to rob
Ancestry of “chiper”, step by step
chiper traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian piper
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | piper | pepper (plant) |
| 2 | Bulgarian | пипе́р | pepper a vegetable plant with a hollow fleshy fruit |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | pьpьrь | pepper |
| 4 | Latin | piper | pepper |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πέπερι | pepper; black pepper |
| 6 | Sanskrit | पिप्पलि | berry; peppercorn; long pepper |
| 7 | Sanskrit | पिप्पल | berry; the sacred fig, "Ficus religiosa"; a kind... |
via Old French chippe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | chippe | rag |
| 2 | Middle English | chippe | chip, shard, fragment |
| 3 | Old English | ċipp | chip; small piece of wood; chip, splinter,... |
| 4 | Old English | ċippian | to cut; hew |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | kipp- | to chop; split; to cut; carve; hack; chop |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵey- | to split; divide; germinate; sprout; to split;... |