skipper
English
/ˈskɪp.ə(ɹ)/, /ˈskɪpɚ/
noun
Definitions
- (nautical) The master of a ship.
- A coach, director, or other leader.
- (sports) The captain of a sports team such as football, cricket, rugby or curling.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English skippere derived from Middle Dutch scipper derived from Old Dutch *skipāri derived from Proto-Germanic *skipārijaz (sailor, shipper, mariner).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*skipārijaz
Gloss
sailor, shipper, mariner
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- mud English
- mudskipper English
- skipperly English
- Skipper German
- skipper Italian
- skipper French
- *skipārijaz Proto-Germanic
- scipere Old English
- skippere Middle English
- schipper Middle Dutch
- scipper Middle Dutch
- *skiffāri Old High German
- kipper Estonian
- *skipāri Old Dutch
- schipper Middle Low German
- schippere Middle Low German