Where does “chipstutte” come from?
chipstutte (Swedish) comes from Swedish chips, from English chips, from English chip, from Middle English chip, from Old English ċipp, from Old English ċippian, from Proto-Germanic kipp-, from Proto-Indo-European ǵey- — to split; divide; germinate; sprout; to split;...
chipstutte (Swedish): a man boob
Definitions
- a man boob
Ancestry of “chipstutte”, step by step
chipstutte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish chips
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | chips | US a chip, UK a crisp |
| 2 | English | chips | Third-person singular simple present indicative... |
| 3 | English | chip | A small piece broken from a larger piece of solid... |
| 4 | Middle English | chip | fragment, worthless thing; chip, shard, fragment |
| 5 | Old English | ċipp | chip; small piece of wood; chip, splinter,... |
| 6 | Old English | ċippian | to cut; hew |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | kipp- | to chop; split; to cut; carve; hack; chop |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵey- | to split; divide; germinate; sprout; to split;... |