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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-.

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”

  • hip
  • hippie
  • hipped
  • hep
  • hipster
  • hipness
  • rosehip
  • unhip
  • hipline
  • hippiedom
  • hipless
  • hipshot
  • hepcat
  • ultrahip
  • hipsterism
  • hiply
  • hippieness
  • unhipness
  • superhip
  • neohippie
  • hippielike
  • hiphugger
  • hiphuggers
  • nonhip
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