Where does “sippe” come from?

sippe (German) comes from Middle High German sippe, from Old High German sibba, from Proto-West Germanic sibbju, from Proto-Germanic sibjō, from Proto-Indo-European sebʰ-.

sippe (German): clan, kin, (small, tight-knit) tribe

Definitions

  1. clan, kin, (small, tight-knit) tribe

Ancestry of “sippe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germansipperelated
2Old High Germansibba—
3Proto-West Germanicsibbjurelationship, kinship
4Proto-Germanicsibjōrelationship, kinship; friendship
5Proto-Indo-Europeansebʰ-—

Words derived from “sippe”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sebʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sibjō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic sibbju →