Where does “Lippenbekenntnis” come from?

Lippenbekenntnis (German) comes from German lippe, from Yiddish ליפּ, from Middle High German lippe, from Old High German *lippa, from Proto-Germanic *lippjō.

Lippenbekenntnis (German): lip service

Definitions

  1. lip service

Ancestry of “Lippenbekenntnis”, step by step

Lippenbekenntnis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German lippe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanlippelip
2Yiddishליפּlip
3Middle High Germanlippe—
4Old High German*lippa—
5Proto-Germanic*lippjō—

via German Bekenntnis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBekenntnisconfession
2Middle Low Germanbekentnisse—
Every word from Proto-Germanic *lippjō →Every word from Old High German *lippa →Every word from Middle High German lippe →