Where does “lippedness” come from?
lippedness (English) comes from English lipped, from English lip, from German lippe, from Yiddish ליפּ, from Middle High German lippe, from Old High German *lippa, from Proto-Germanic *lippjō.
lippedness (English): The state or quality of having a particular...
Definitions
- The state or quality of having a particular...
Ancestry of “lippedness”, step by step
lippedness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English lipped
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | lipped | Having a raised lip; Having some specific type of... |
| 2 | English | lip | Either of the two fleshy protrusions around the... |
| 3 | German | lippe | lip |
| 4 | Yiddish | ליפּ | lip |
| 5 | Middle High German | lippe | — |
| 6 | Old High German | *lippa | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | *lippjō | — |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |