Where does “mucolipin” come from?

mucolipin (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.

mucolipin (English): Any of several genes that have been associated with mucolipidosis

Definitions

  1. Any of several genes that have been associated with mucolipidosis

Ancestry of “mucolipin”, step by step

mucolipin 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 in

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishinUsed to indicate location, inclusion, or position...
2Middle EnglishinAny kind of accomodation; particularly; A home or...
3Old Englishinin; Alternative form of inn
4Proto-West Germanic*in
Every word from Proto-Germanic *lippjō