Etymology Explorer › Malay

Where does “lipstik” come from?

lipstik (Malay) comes from English lipstick, from English lip, from German lippe, from Yiddish ליפּ, from Middle High German lippe, from Old High German *lippa, from Proto-Germanic *lippjō.

lipstik (Malay): lipstick

Definitions

  1. lipstick

Ancestry of “lipstik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlipstickMakeup for the lips; A stick of this make-up; To...
2EnglishlipEither of the two fleshy protrusions around the...
3Germanlippe—
4Yiddishליפּlip
5Middle High Germanlippe—
6Old High German*lippa—
7Proto-Germanic*lippjō—
Every word from Proto-Germanic *lippjō →