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Where does “Zippel” come from?

Zippel (German) comes from Middle Low German zwīvel, from Old Saxon *zibolla, from Proto-West Germanic *cibollā, from Latin cēpulla, from Latin -ulus — Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...

Zippel (German): Alternative form of Zipfel

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of Zipfel

Ancestry of “Zippel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanzwīvel—
2Old Saxon*zibolla—
3Proto-West Germanic*cibollā—
4Latincēpulla—
5Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
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