Where does “unlipped” come from?
unlipped (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.
unlipped (English): Not provided with a lip
Definitions
- Not provided with a lip
Ancestry of “unlipped”, step by step
unlipped 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 un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |