skipper

skipper · noun, verb¹

1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*skipārijaz
2. Old Dutch · derived from*skipāri
3. Middle Dutch · derived fromscipper
4. Middle English · inherited fromskippere
5. English todayskipper

From Middle English skippere, skyppere, scippere, borrowed from Middle Dutch scipper, schipper, from Old Dutch *skipāri, from Proto-Germanic *skipārijaz. Piecewise doublet of shipper, from ship + -er.

skipper · noun²

1. Middle English · inherited fromskippere
2. English todayskipper

From Middle English skippere, skyppare, equivalent to skip + -er.

skipper · noun, verb³

1. Welsh · borrowed fromysgubor“a barn”
2. English todayskipper

Probably from Welsh ysgubor (“a barn”).

skipper · noun⁴

Unknown, perhaps related to jumper.