Skip
Middle English: probably of Scandinavian origin.
wiktionary
From Middle English skippen, skyppen, of North Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skupjaną, *skupaną(“to scoff, mock”), perhaps related to *skeubaną(“to drive, push”). [1] Related to Icelandic skopa(“to take a run”), Middle Swedish skuppa(“to skip”).
From Middle English skep, skeppe, from Old English sceppe, from Old Norse skeppa(“basket”).
Late Middle English skillper, borrowed from Middle Dutch and Middle Low German schipper(“captain”), earlier "seaman", from schip(“ship”).
A reference to the television series Skippy the Bush Kangaroo; coined and used by Australians (particularly children) of non-British descent to counter derogatory terms aimed at them. [3] Ultimately from etymology 1 (above).
17th-century Ireland. Possibly a clipping of skip-kennel(“young lackey or assistant”). [4] Used at Trinity College Dublin. [5]
etymonline
skip (v.)
c. 1300, "to spring lightly," also "to jump over," probably from a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse skopa "to take a run," Middle Swedish skuppa "to skip, leap," from Proto-Germanic *skupan (source also of Middle Swedish skuppa, dialectal Swedish skopa "to skip, leap"). Related: Skipped; skipping.
Meaning "omit intervening parts" first recorded late 14c. Meaning "fail to attend" is from 1905. Meaning "to cause to skip or bound" is from 1680s. The custom of skipping rope has been traced to 17c.; it was commonly done by boys as well as girls until late 19c.
skip (n.1)
"a spring, a bound," early 15c., from skip (v.). Meaning "a passing over or disregarding" is from 1650s.
skip (n.2)
short for skipper (n.1), 1830, originally in sports jargon (curling).
