Kipfl
German
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle High German kipfe (“roll of bread”), perhaps related to Old High German kipfa (“axle”), from Proto-Germanic *kippaz (“beam, log”),[1] itself possibly borrowed from or related to the source of Latin cippus (“post, stake”).[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɪpfl̩/
Noun
Declension
Descendants
- → Sicilian: chìffili
References
- Friedrich Kluge (1883) “ Kipfel”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “chip”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
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