English
kipe
Kipe comes from Old English cȳpe ‘basket’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *gey- ‘to bend, twist’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gey-‘to bend, twist’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*kipǭreconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150cȳpe‘basket’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500kipe
- Englishearliest quotation 1947same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gey-‘to bend, twist’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*kipǭreconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150cȳpe‘basket’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500kipe
- Englishearliest quotation 1947same form
Earliest quotation: 1947, Brian Waters, Severn Tide: “The completed kipe looks like a crinoline made for…”
Linked words
through Old English cȳpe ‘basket’
Today it means
noun An osier basket used for catching fish.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gey- / kipe