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
- I get on, ride, straddle; I rise, go up, climb...
Ancestry of “hip”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Albanian | skūpa | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | skewbʰ- | to push |