cype

Origin Uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-West Germanic *kūpijā (“bucket”), diminutive of Proto-West Germanic *kūpu (“tub, vat”).
Alternatively, from Proto-West Germanic *kīpā, from Proto-Germanic *kīpǭ, *kippǭ (“basket”), from Proto-Indo-European *gey- (“to bend, twist”); related to Middle Dutch kiepe (“basket”), Middle Low German kîpe (“basket”), Old Norse kippa (“basket”). Compare also Norwegian kaup (“crate, wooden box”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkyː.pe/

cȳpe f

1. a basket or hamper

• The exact gender is unknown, as the word is attested in the oblique singular and plural forms only. The nominative singular may be either cȳpe f or cȳpa m.

• *cūp
• cȳp
• cȳpa

• Middle English: kipe, kype
  • English: kipe
  • Scots: kype