Where does “Lippenstift” come from?

Lippenstift (German) comes from English lipstick, from English lip, from German lippe, from Yiddish ליפּ, from Middle High German lippe, from Old High German *lippa, from Proto-Germanic *lippjō.

Lippenstift (German): A lipstick

Definitions

  1. A lipstick

Ancestry of “Lippenstift”, step by step

Lippenstift traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English lipstick

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlipstickMakeup for the lips; A stick of this make-up; To...
2EnglishlipEither of the two fleshy protrusions around the...
3Germanlippelip
4Yiddishליפּlip
5Middle High Germanlippe—
6Old High German*lippa—
7Proto-Germanic*lippjō—

via German Stift

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanStiftpen; pin; pencil
2Germanstiftento endow, to donate
3Old High Germanstiften—
4Proto-Germanicstiklaz—
5Proto-Germanicstikiza sticking, prick
6Proto-Indo-European(s)teyg-to be sharp; to sting
Every word from Proto-Germanic *lippjō →