clip

clip · verb, noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European*gel-
2. Proto-Indo-European*b(ʰ)
3. Proto-Indo-European*gelb(ʰ)-
4. Proto-Germanic*klupjaną
5. Old Englishclyppan
6. Middle Englishclippen
7. English todayclip

From Middle English clippen, cleppen, clüppen, from Old English clyppan (“to hug, embrace, cherish, clasp”), from Proto-Germanic *klumpijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *glemb-, *glembʰ- (“lump, clump, clod, clamp”). Cognate with Old Frisian kleppa, klippa (“to hug, embrace”), Middle High German klimpen, klimpfen (“to contract tightly, constrict, squeeze”).

clip · verb, noun²

1. Old Norseklippa
2. Middle Englishclippen
3. English todayclip

From Middle English clippen, from Old Norse klippa (“to clip, cut the hair, shear sheep”). Cognate with Icelandic klippa (“to clip”), Swedish klippa (“to clip”), Danish klippe (“to clip”), Norwegian Bokmål klippe (“to clip”).

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