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Where does “hipik” come from?

hipik (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian hȉpi, from English hippie, from English hipster, from English hip, from Middle English hipe, from Old English hype, from Proto-West Germanic hupi, from Proto-Germanic hupiz.

hipik (Serbo-Croatian): hippie

Definitions

  1. hippie

Ancestry of “hipik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianhȉpi—
2EnglishhippieA teenager who imitated the beatniks; One who...
3EnglishhipsterA person who is keenly interested in the latest...
4EnglishhipThe outward-projecting parts of the pelvis and...
5Middle Englishhipe—
6Old Englishhypehip
7Proto-West Germanichupihip
8Proto-Germanichupizhip, haunch, upper part of the thigh
9Proto-Indo-Europeanḱeu̯bh₂-—
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