From Middle English tip, typ, tippe, probably from an unrecorded Old English *typpa, *typpe, from Proto-Germanic *tuppijô, *tuppijǭ, diminutive of *tuppaz.
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Tip ("tip"), West Frisian tippe, tip, Dutch tip ("tip"), German Low German Tip, Tippel, dialectal German Zipf ("tip") (diminutive Zipfel used in Standard German), Danish tip ("tip"), Swedish tipp ("tip"), Icelandic typpi ("knob, pin, penis"). Compare also Saterland Frisian Timpe ("tip"), West Frisian timpe ("tip"), Old English tæppa, Albanian thep ("tip, point").
Late Middle English tippen, possibly from North Germanic/Scandinavian (compare Swedish tippa), or a special use of Etymology 1.
Of uncertain origin, perhaps related to tip#Etymology 1 and cognate with Dutch tippen, German tippen, Swedish tippa.
Originally thieves' slang, of uncertain origin; according to the OED, probably related to tip#Etymology 1.
Probably from tip or tip, or a combination of the two.
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