Where does “wip” come from?

wip (Jamaican Creole) comes from English whip, from Middle English whippen, from Middle Dutch wippen — to swing, leap, dance, oscillate.

wip (Jamaican Creole): whip

Definitions

  1. whip

Ancestry of “wip”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishwhipA lash; a pliant, flexible instrument, such as a...
2Middle Englishwhippen—
3Middle Dutchwippento swing, leap, dance, oscillate
Every word from Middle Dutch wippen →Every word from Middle English whippen →Every word from English whip →
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