Where does “hip” come from?

hip (Albanian) comes from Proto-Albanian skūpa, from Proto-Indo-European skewbʰ- — to push.

hip (Albanian): I get on, ride, straddle; I rise, go up, climb...

Definitions

  1. I get on, ride, straddle; I rise, go up, climb...

Ancestry of “hip”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Albanianskūpa—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanskewbʰ-to push

Words derived from “hip”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European skewbʰ- →Every word from Proto-Albanian skūpa →