Where does “Lippe” come from?

Lippe (English) comes from German lippe, from Yiddish ליפּ, from Middle High German lippe, from Old High German *lippa, from Proto-Germanic *lippjō.

Lippe (English): named after Lippe, Germany

Definitions

  1. named after Lippe, Germany

Ancestry of “Lippe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanlippelip
2Yiddishליפּlip
3Middle High Germanlippe—
4Old High German*lippa—
5Proto-Germanic*lippjō—
Every word from Proto-Germanic *lippjō →