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Etymology
Dictionary
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Origin and Etymology of the word
KIPPER.
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From An Etymology
Dictionary of the English Language, by Walter W. Skeat, 1893 |
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KIPPER,
to cure or preserve salmon. (Du.) This meaning is quite an
accidental one, arising from a practice of curing kipper-salmon, i.e.
salmon during the spawning season. Such fish, being inferior in
kind, were cured instead of being eaten fresh. 'The salmon, after
spawning, become very poor and thin, and are called kipper;' Pennant,
Zoology, iii. 242 (Todd). 'Kipper-time, a space of time
between May 3 and Twelfth-day, during which salmon-fishing in the river Thames
was forbidden;' Kersey, ed. 1715. The lit. sense of kipp-er
is 'spawn-er.'—Du. kippen, to hatch; also to catch, seize. + Norweg.
kippa, to snatch, &c.; Aasen. + Swed. dial. kippa, to snatch;
Rietz. + Icel. kippa, to pull, snatch. [†]
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| Etymology
Dictionary Index |
| A, B,
C, D, E,
F, G, H,
I, J, K,
L, M, N,
O, P, Q,
R, S, T,
U, V, W,
X, Y, Z
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| Arab.=Arabic. |
| A.S.=Anglo
Saxon. |
| Bavar.=Bavarian |
| Bohem.=Bohemian. |
| C.=Celtic,
used as a general term for Irish, Gaelic, Welsh, Breton,
Cornish, &c. |
| Corn.=Cornish. |
| Dan.=Danish. |
| Du.=Dutch |
| E.=English. |
| E.E.=Early
English. |
| Europ.=European. |
| F.=French. |
| G.=German. |
| Gk.=Greek. |
| Goth.=Gothic. |
| Icel.=Icelandic. |
| Ital.=Italian. |
| L. or
Lat.=Latin. |
| Lith.
& Lithuan.=Lithuanian. |
| M.E.=Middle
English. |
| M.F.=Middle
French |
| M.H.G.=Middle
High German. |
| Norw.=Norwegian. |
| O.F.=Old
French. |
| O.H.G.=Old
High German. |
| Pers.=Persian. |
| Port.=Portuguese. |
| Scand.=Scandinavian,
used as a general term for Icelandic, Swedish, Danish,
&c. |
| Sc.=Scottish. |
| Skt.=Sanskrit. |
| Span.=Spanish. |
| Swed.=Sweish. |
| Teut.=Teutonic |
| Turk.=Turkish. |
| W.=Welsh. |
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