विप्

Sanskrit

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Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *weyp- (to shake, tremble, agitate; swing away; turn). Cognate with Old Norse veifa (flag), Old English wifer (missile), Latin vibrō whence English vibrate, veer; English weave (to wander), wave, wipe.

Pronunciation

Root

विप् • (vip)

  1. to tremble, shake, shiver, vibrate, quiver, be stirred, etc.
  2. to start back through fear
  3. to agitate

Derived terms

  • वेपते (vépate)
  • विपिन (vipina)
  • विप्र (vípra)

References

  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “विप्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 583