Where does “patates cipsi” come from?
patates cipsi (Turkish) comes from Turkish cips, 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;...
patates cipsi (Turkish): potato chips
Definitions
- potato chips
Ancestry of “patates cipsi”, step by step
patates cipsi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Turkish cips
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkish | cips | crisps, chips US |
| 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;... |