Etymology

Shippey

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Today it means: A surname. Full definition →

Old English sċēap
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromsċēap“sheep”
  2. English todayShippey

"Dweller at the isle where the sheep are kept", from Old English sċēap (“sheep”) + īeg (“island”).

Words from the same roots

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.