Zipf

Betekenis (English)

Noun

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

Name

a habitational surname

Etymologie (English)

Inherited from Middelhoogduits: zipf

Cognate with Nederlands: tip

Cognate with Saterfries: Tip

Cognate with Engels: tip

Cognate with 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.