Where does “hipless” come from?

hipless (English) comes from English hip, from Middle English hipe, from Old English hype, from Proto-West Germanic hupi, from Proto-Germanic hupiz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱeu̯bh₂-.

hipless (English): Without hips

Definitions

  1. Without hips

Ancestry of “hipless”, step by step

hipless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English hip

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhipThe outward-projecting parts of the pelvis and...
2Middle Englishhipehip anatomical region of a human or quadruped
3Old Englishhypehip
4Proto-West Germanichupihip
5Proto-Germanichupizhip, haunch, upper part of the thigh
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱeu̯bh₂-—

via English less

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlessTo a smaller extent or degree; comparative form...
2Middle Englishlesfalse; lying; deceptive; falsehood; a lie
3Old Englishlēasfalse, lax; false, void, loose; devoid of, loose...
4Proto-Germanic*laus—

Words derived from “hipless”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱeu̯bh₂- →