Where does “chippe” come from?

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

chippe (Middle English): chip, shard, fragment

Definitions

  1. chip, shard, fragment

Ancestry of “chippe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishċippchip; small piece of wood; chip, splinter,...
2Old Englishċippianto cut; hew
3Proto-Germanickipp-to chop; split; to cut; carve; hack; chop
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵey-to split; divide; germinate; sprout; to split;...

Words derived from “chippe”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵey- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kipp- →Every word from Old English ċippian →