Where does “liplessly” come from?

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

liplessly (English): Without lips

Definitions

  1. Without lips

Ancestry of “liplessly”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishliplessWithout a lip or lips
2EnglishlipEither of the two fleshy protrusions around the...
3Germanlippelip
4Yiddishליפּlip
5Middle High Germanlippe—
6Old High German*lippa—
7Proto-Germanic*lippjō—
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