*kaipaz

Runic: ᚲᚨᛁᛈᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈkɑi̯.pɑz/

noun · masculine · a-stem

Meanings

tholepin; rowing notch; rowlock

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.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.kaipazkaipōz, kaipōs
Acc.kaipąkaipanz
Gen.kaipas, kaipiskaipǫ̂
Dat.kaipaikaipamaz
Inst.kaipōkaipamiz
Voc.kaipkaipōz, kaipōs

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Descendants

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

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