keep

notch, carven mark

Pronounced as (IPA)

/keːp/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: *kēp

Inherited from Old Dutch: *kip

Cognate with Old Dutch: kip

Cognate with Middle Low German: kēp

Cognate with Old English: ċipp

Cognate with German: Kepf

Cognate with Western Frisian: keepfink

In summary

From Middle Dutch *kēp, *kip, from Old Dutch *kip (compare Old Dutch kip (“fetter”)), from Proto-West Germanic *kipp- (“to cut, split”), from Proto-Germanic *kipp- (“to split”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵey- (“to split, divide, geminate, sprout”). Cognate with Middle Low German kēp ("notch, incision"; > German Low German Keep (“score, notch, nick”)), Old English ċipp (“shaving, chip”).

Concepts

brambling

notch

fluting

groove

nick

chamfer

rifling

slot

snick

score

Synonyms

gleuf

inkeping

insnijding

inkeep

kartel

cannelure

🪈

sleuf

sponning

groef

kerf

Translations

Einschnitt

encoche

Bergfink

rainure

jer

peppola

pinson du nord

tentilhão-montês

entalhe

pinzón real

dağ ispinozu

pinsà mec

Kerbe

χειμωνόσπινος

incisão