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Where does “ホイップ” come from?

ホイップ (Japanese) comes from English whip, from Middle English whippen, from Middle Dutch wippen — to swing, leap, dance, oscillate.

ホイップ (Japanese): whip, whipped cream; to whip ; to whisk

Definitions

  1. whip, whipped cream; to whip ; to whisk

Ancestry of “ホイップ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishwhipA lash; a pliant, flexible instrument, such as a...
2Middle Englishwhippen—
3Middle Dutchwippento swing, leap, dance, oscillate
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