Where does “hipe” come from?

hipe (Middle English) comes from Old English hype, from Proto-West Germanic hupi, from Proto-Germanic hupiz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱeu̯bh₂-.

hipe (Middle English): hip anatomical region of a human or quadruped

Definitions

  1. hip anatomical region of a human or quadruped

Ancestry of “hipe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishhypehip
2Proto-West Germanichupihip
3Proto-Germanichupizhip, haunch, upper part of the thigh
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱeu̯bh₂-—

Words derived from “hipe”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱeu̯bh₂- →