Zipf

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. tip, peak, corner
2. (obsolete) bore (boring person)

Name

a habitational surname

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelhoogduits: zipf

Verwant aan Nederlands: tip

Verwant aan Saterfries: Tip

Verwant aan Engels: tip

Verwant aan IJslands: 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.