Where does “netherlip” come from?

netherlip (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.

netherlip (English): The lower lip

Definitions

  1. The lower lip

Ancestry of “netherlip”, step by step

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