Kip Definition

Origin of Kip

• German Kippe seesaw, arm of a balance, kip-up from kippen to tilt, tip over from Low German Kippe point, tip from Latin cippus post, pillar

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

• Perhaps from Danish kippe cheap inn Old Norse -kippa (as in kornkippa seed-corn holder) Low German kiffe hovel

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

• Middle English bundle of animal hides perhaps from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

• ki(lo)– p(ound)

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition