Where does “lippe” come from?

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

lippe (German): lip

Definitions

  1. lip

Ancestry of “lippe”, step by step

lippe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish ליפּ

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

via Middle Low German lippe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanlippe—
2Old Saxon*lippia—

Words derived from “lippe”

Every word from Proto-Germanic *lippjō →