Where does “bips” come from?
bips (Dutch) comes from Dutch bibbers, from Dutch billen, from Dutch bil, from Dutch bilnaad, from Dutch naad, from Middle Dutch naet, from Old Dutch nād, from Proto-Germanic nēdiz — to spin , to sew.
bips (Dutch): butt, buttocks
Ancestry of “bips”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Dutch | bibbers | — |
| 2 | Dutch | billen | to sharpen, to apply grooves to a millstone; to... |
| 3 | Dutch | bil | A buttock, "usually used in the plural: billen,... |
| 4 | Dutch | bilnaad | buttcrack |
| 5 | Dutch | naad | A seam, as where pieces of textile are sewn... |
| 6 | Middle Dutch | naet | — |
| 7 | Old Dutch | nād | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | nēdiz | That which is sewn; seam; stitch |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | nēaną | to sew |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)neh₁- | to spin , to sew |
Words derived from “bips”