Etymology Explorer › Middle High German

Where does “lippe” come from?

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

Ancestry of “lippe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High German*lippa—
2Proto-Germanic*lippjō—

Words derived from “lippe”

  • Oberlippenbart
  • Oberlippe
  • Stimmlippe
  • Lippenbekenntnis
  • Lippe
  • schmallippig
  • Lippenstift
Every word from Proto-Germanic *lippjō →