English
Zips
Zips comes from German Zips, and goes back to Middle High German Cypis.
- Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350Cypis
- Germanc. 1650–presentZips
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350Cypis
- Germanc. 1650–presentZips
- Englishtodaysame form
The story
Borrowed from German Zips, from Middle High German Cypis, Cypus, possibly from Old Hungarian Schypis (modern Szepes).
Every English word from Middle High German Cypis
Today it means
name A region of north-eastern Slovakia, Spiš region
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle High German Cypis / Zips