Where does “lëpa” come from?

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

lëpa (Kashubian): lip

Definitions

  1. lip

Ancestry of “lëpa”, step by step

lëpa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German lippe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanlippelip
2Yiddishליפּlip
3Middle High Germanlippe—
4Old High German*lippa—
5Proto-Germanic*lippjō—

via Proto-Slavic lìpa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slaviclìpalime tree
2Proto-Balto-Slavicléiˀpāˀlinden tree
Every word from Proto-Germanic *lippjō →Every word from Old High German *lippa →Every word from Middle High German lippe →