Proto-Baltic: *čip-ul-ia- c., *čip-s-n-ā̂ f.
Meaning: chip, straw
Lithuanian: šipulī̃-s `Holzspan, -scheit, Splitter; (dial.) Halm'
Lettish: sipsna 'starke Rute; Riemen zum Prügeln'; zipsna 'starke Rute; Riemen, lederner Riemen', pl. zipsnas 'Prügel, Schläge'