Where does “lippage” come from?
lippage (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.
lippage (English): An uneven surface of a floor that occurs when...
Definitions
- An uneven surface of a floor that occurs when...
Ancestry of “lippage”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | lip | Either of the two fleshy protrusions around the... |
| 2 | German | lippe | — |
| 3 | Yiddish | ליפּ | lip |
| 4 | Middle High German | lippe | — |
| 5 | Old High German | *lippa | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *lippjō | — |