Wipe
Old English wīpian, of Germanic origin; related to whip.
wiktionary
From Middle English wipen, from Old English wīpian(“to wipe, rub, cleanse”), from Proto-West Germanic *wīpōn(“to wipe”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyp-(“to twist, wind around”). Cognate with German wippen(“to bob”), Swedish veva(“to turn, wind, crank”), Gothic 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍀𐌰𐌽( weipan, “to wreathe, crown”), Old English swīfan(“to revolve, sweep, wend, intervene”), Sanskrit वेपते(vépate, “to tremble”). More at swivel, swift.
Compare Swedish vipa, Danish vibe(“lapwing”).
From wipe out by shortening.
etymonline
wipe (v.)
Old English wipian "to wipe, cleanse," from Proto-Germanic *wipjan "to move back and forth" (source also of Danish vippe, Middle Dutch, Dutch vippen, Old High German wifan "to swing"), from PIE root *weip- "to turn, vacillate, tremble."
wipe (n.)
1640s, "act of wiping," from wipe (v.). From 1708 as "something used in wiping" (especially a handkerchief); 1971 as "disposable absorbent tissue."
