Where does “hip” come from?

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

hip (Yola): thigh

Definitions

  1. thigh

Ancestry of “hip”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishhipehip anatomical region of a human or quadruped
2Old Englishhypehip
3Proto-West Germanichupihip
4Proto-Germanichupizhip, haunch, upper part of the thigh
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱeu̯bh₂-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱeu̯bh₂- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hupiz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hupi →