Where does “lipsill” come from?

lipsill (Swedish) comes from Swedish sill, from Old Norse síld, from Proto-Germanic sīlą — a kind of fish; a launce, sand eel; a herring.

lipsill (Swedish): crybaby

Definitions

  1. crybaby

Ancestry of “lipsill”, step by step

lipsill traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish sill

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishsilla herring
2Old Norsesíldherring
3Proto-Germanicsīląa kind of fish; a launce, sand eel; a herring

via Swedish lipa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishlipato cry (often over something relatively insignificant)
Every word from Proto-Germanic sīlą