An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Kippe

by Friedrich Kluge

Kippe, feminine, ‘brink, edge,’ from Middle German and Low German; the proper High German form is Kipfe, meaning ‘point’ in Luther; earlier references are wanting. The nominal verb kippen means ‘to cut of the point’; in the sense of ‘to strike,’ allied to Old Icelandic kippa, ‘to strike,’ Anglo-Saxon cippian, with which Modern High German kappen is also connected.