Where does “ヒップ” come from?
ヒップ (Japanese) comes from English hip, from Middle English hipe, from Old English hype, from Proto-West Germanic hupi, from Proto-Germanic hupiz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱeu̯bh₂-.
ヒップ (Japanese): hip size; butt, buttocks, bottom
Definitions
- hip size; butt, buttocks, bottom
Ancestry of “ヒップ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | hip | The outward-projecting parts of the pelvis and... |
| 2 | Middle English | hipe | — |
| 3 | Old English | hype | hip |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | hupi | hip |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hupiz | hip, haunch, upper part of the thigh |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱeu̯bh₂- | — |