Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kaipaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From *kip-, *kipp-, *kīp-, from Proto-Indo-European *gipn-, *gibʰn- (“to split”), from Proto-Indo-European *gey- (“to split; dodge sideways”); or from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keypn-, *(s)keyp- (“to chip off, slice; a split piece, billet, stick”); or a conflation of both.

Noun

*kaipaz m

1. tholepin; rowing notch; rowlock

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *kaipaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*kaipaz	*kaipōz, *kaipōs
vocative	*kaip	*kaipōz, *kaipōs
accusative	*kaipą	*kaipanz
genitive	*kaipas, *kaipis	*kaipǫ̂
dative	*kaipai	*kaipamaz
instrumental	*kaipō	*kaipamiz

Related terms

• *kipaz/*kippaz
• *kīpǭ

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *kaip
  • Old Saxon: *kēp
    • Middle Low German: kêp
      • German Low German: Keep
      • → Saterland Frisian: Keep
  • Old Dutch: *keip, *kēp
    • Middle Dutch: *keep, *kip
      • Dutch: keep, kip
        • → West Frisian: keep
      • → Middle English: *kippe
        • ⇒ Middle English: kippehok
• Old Norse: keipr
  • Icelandic: keipur
  • Faroese: keipur
  • Norwegian Bokmål: keip
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: keip, keipe