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.
head, skull · the upper end or highest part of anything, top, peak, summit, pinnacle, acme · the forepart or van (of an army)
çekim: çoğul शिरां॑सि · tamlayan शिर॑सः
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ ? Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- Proto-Indo-European *ḱŕ̥h₂-os ~ ḱŕ̥h₂-es- Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćŕ̥Has Sanskrit शिर॑स् Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćŕ̥Has, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱŕ̥h₂-os ~ ḱŕ̥h₂-es-, from *ḱerh₂-, possibly from *ḱer- + *-h₂. Cognate with Avestan 𐬯𐬁𐬭𐬀 (sāra), Persian سر (sar), Latin cerebrum.