Etymograph

English

dip

Dip comes from Old English dyppan ‘to dip’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- ‘to sink in’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰewbʰ-‘to sink in’root as named
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*dupjanąreconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*duppjanreconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150dyppan‘to dip’
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500dippen
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1646dip

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰewbʰ-‘to sink in’root as named
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*dupjanąreconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*duppjanreconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150dyppan‘to dip’
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500dippen
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1646dip

Earliest quotation: 1646, Comus: “A cold shuddering dew / Dips me all o'er.”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- ‘to sink in’

deep, bottom, fund, foundation, depth, dumb, founder, dave, deaf, fond, bot, dove, dub, bourne, butte, typhus, doof, 24 more

Today it means

noun A lower section of a road or geological feature.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- / dip

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