An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Zipfel

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, Z
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis

Zipfel

Zipperlein

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2518901An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, Z — ZipfelJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

Zipfel, masculine, ‘tip, point, peak, lappet,’ from Middle High German zipfel (zipf), masculine, ‘pointed end, peak’; allied to English and Dutch tip. Zapfen is the only primitively cognate word in Teutonic (Zopf has no connection with Zipfel).