Etymograph

English

kibble

Unknown; verb sense c.

The story

Unknown; verb sense c. 1790, Shropshire dialect, perhaps variant of chip or derived from Etymology 2 below.uncertain The source flags this step as uncertain.

Another origin of kibble

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gew-‘arch, vault’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*kub-‘to be vaulted, arch’next step skipped: Vulgar Latin *cupia
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*kubil‘bucket’reconstructed
  4. Old High Germanc. 750–1050kubil‘tub, bucket’
  5. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350kübel
  6. Germanc. 1650–presentKübel‘pail’
  7. Englishtodaykibble

Today it means

verb To grind coarsely.

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Etymograph / kibble

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