Where does “hipi” come from?

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

hipi (Albanian): I climb, mount, embark, rise

Definitions

  1. I climb, mount, embark, rise

Ancestry of “hipi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1AlbanianhipI get on, ride, straddle; I rise, go up, climb...
2Proto-Albanianskūpa—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanskewbʰ-to push
Every word from Proto-Indo-European skewbʰ- →Every word from Proto-Albanian skūpa →Every word from Albanian hip →