Originally, a sniff, sniffing; compare Icelandic word for a smell.
, from Frankish *tipfōn, *tippōn, perhaps related to Proto-Germanic *tuppaz. Compare Dutch tippen, Old Norse tippa, English tip, Middle High German zipfen.
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