Where does “goldlip” come from?

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

goldlip (English): Applied to various marine creatures whose shell...

Definitions

  1. Applied to various marine creatures whose shell...

Ancestry of “goldlip”, step by step

goldlip traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English lip

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlipEither of the two fleshy protrusions around the...
2Germanlippelip
3Yiddishליפּlip
4Middle High Germanlippe—
5Old High German*lippa—
6Proto-Germanic*lippjō—

via English Gold

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishGoldfor a goldsmith or a rich man
2Middle Englishgoldgold metal
3Old Englishgoldgold
4Proto-Germanicgulþągold
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰl̥tómgold
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰelh₃-to flourish; green, yellow
Every word from Proto-Germanic *lippjō →Every word from Old High German *lippa →Every word from Middle High German lippe →