chippe

Middle English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃip/

Etymology 1

From Old English ċipp.

Alternative forms

• chep, chip

Noun

chippe (plural chippes)

1. chip, splinter, shaving (of wood)
2. kindling, trash
3. peg
4. share-beam (of a plow)
5. A slice (of bread)

Descendants

• English: chip
• Scots: chip
• Yola: chemis (plural)
• → Old French: chippe, chipe
  • Middle French: chiffe
    • French: chiffe
      • ⇒ French: chiffon
        • → English: chiffon

References

• “chippe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Noun

chippe

1. Alternative form of schip

Old French

Alternative forms

• chipe

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle English chippe, from Old English ċipp, from Old English *ċippian (“to chip, chip off”).

Noun

chippe f

1. rag (poor quality item of clothing)

Descendants

• Middle French: chiffe
  • French: chiffe
    • ⇒ French: chiffon
      • → English: chiffon

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (chipe)