köken: From early modern (15th century) güpfel, diminutive of Middle High German gupf, gupfe (“highest point”), with further origin uncertain; perhaps related to German Kuppe. Cognate with Hunsrik Gippel, Vilamovian gejwuł. Compare Wipfel.
top, peak, summit · climax, culmination, apex, vertex · one of the best in their field
çekim: çoğul huiput · tamlayan huipun
köken: Probably from hui (“spool”), like dialectal huitti, huittu "peak, top". The -pp- may be from suippo, suippu. A sound-symbolic blend is possible.
tip, point (the sharp end of a conical object) · top (the uppermost part of a tree, or of a tower tapering to a point) · peak, summit (the top of a hill, mountain or range, ending in a point)
çekim: çoğul csúcsok
köken: Uncertain, perhaps from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ćuća (“point, peak”), in which case related to Erzya цёцяня (ćoćańa).
point, tip (of a pointed object) · spit (for cooking) · sting (of an insect etc.)
çekim: çoğul cuspidēs · tamlayan cuspidis
köken: Unknown origin. Possibly from an earlier *kuri-spid-, a compound of curis (“alternative form of quiris (“spear”)”) + a Proto-Italic noun *spis (“lance”); the latter would be from Proto-Indo-European *spey- (“sharp point”), and related to Latvian spina and Russian спина (spina). However, dvandva compounds are quite abnormal within Latin, in addition to curis possibly being from the same unknown…
köken: From Malay hujung, ujung, from Classical Malay هوجوڠ (hujung), اوجوڠ (ujung), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *quzuŋ (“mountain peak, cape of land; tip of anything”), *ujuŋ (“nose”).