Where does “リップ” come from?

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

リップ (Japanese): lip

Definitions

  1. lip

Ancestry of “リップ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlipEither of the two fleshy protrusions around the...
2Germanlippelip
3Yiddishליפּlip
4Middle High Germanlippe—
5Old High German*lippa—
6Proto-Germanic*lippjō—
Every word from Proto-Germanic *lippjō →