Where does “lipreader” come from?

lipreader (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.

lipreader (English): Someone who is able to tell what a person is...

Definitions

  1. Someone who is able to tell what a person is...

Ancestry of “lipreader”, step by step

lipreader traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English lip

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

via English reader

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishreaderA person who reads; A person who reads a...
2Middle Englishreder—
3Old Englishrēdere—
4Proto-West Germanicrādāri—
Every word from Proto-Germanic *lippjō →