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

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

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