Zipf

(Inglese)

Noun

1. (Austria, Bavaria, masculine, strong) tip, peak, corner
2. (Austria, masculine, obsolete, strong) bore (boring person)

Name

a habitational surname

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da tedesco medio alto: zipf

Affine olandese: tip

Affine saterfriesisch: Tip

Affine inglese: tip

Affine islandese: typpi

In summary

From Middle High German zipf, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *tuppijô, *tuppijǭ (“tip”), a diminutive of *tuppaz.
Cognate with Dutch tip, Saterland Frisian Tip, English tip, Icelandic typpi. Also compare Zopf and Zapfen.