k̂eipo-, k̂oipo-

    k̂eipo-, k̂oipo-

    English meaning: peg, sharp piece of wood or stone

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “Pfahl, spitzes Holz or Stein”

    Note: also sk̂eipo-

    Material: O.Ind. śḗpa-, śēpha- m. “ tail, penis “ (with sk̂- prakr. cheppa- ds.); Lat. cippus “ a pale, stake, post, pillar “ (*keipos); Alb. thep m. “ sharp cliff “ (*k̂oipos), tsep “prick, sting, point, edge, angle “, metath. step “edge, cusp, peak”. Additional connection with Lat. scīpio, Gk. σκῑπων and root skē̆ ip- “cut, clip” is probably.

    References: WP. I 364, II 545, WH. I 219 f., 856.