An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Kiepe

by Friedrich Kluge

Kiepe, feminine, ‘wicker basket,’ Modern High German only, from Low German; compare Dutch kiepekorf, masculine, ‘wicker basket, basket for the back,’ Middle Dutch also cûpe, Anglo-Saxon cŷpa, English dialectic kipe, ‘basket’; Gothic *kûpjô or *kiupô is wanting. Whether these terms are borrowed, or rather developed, from Middle Latin cûpa, ‘tun,’ and also ‘measure of corn’ (compare Kufe), cannot be decided.