Chipper
来自Big Physics
mid 19th century: perhaps from northern English dialect kipper ‘lively’.
wiktionary
From English dialectal kipper(“nimble; frisky”), of obscure origin. Perhaps akin to Old Norse kjapt(“briskly; impetuously”), kippa("to snatch; pull; jerk" > Middle English kippen(“to seize”)), kipra(“to wrinkle; draw tightly”), Norwegian kjapp(“fast; brisk”), Dutch kippen(“to seize; catch; grip”). More at kip.
chip + -er
Compare cheep, chirp.
etymonline
chipper (adj.)
1834, "lively, nimble, active, brisk," American English, from northern British dialectal kipper "nimble, frisky," the origin of which is obscure.
chipper (n.)
"one who or that which chips or makes into chips," 1510s, agent noun from chip (v.).
