Where does “lipinic” come from?
lipinic (English) comes from English lipin, from English lip, from German lippe, from Yiddish ליפּ, from Middle High German lippe, from Old High German *lippa, from Proto-Germanic *lippjō.
lipinic (English): lipic
Ancestry of “lipinic”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | lipin | Any fat, fatty acid, lipoid, soap, or similar... |
| 2 | English | lip | Either of the two fleshy protrusions around the... |
| 3 | German | lippe | — |
| 4 | Yiddish | ליפּ | lip |
| 5 | Middle High German | lippe | — |
| 6 | Old High German | *lippa | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | *lippjō | — |