Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hupiz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱewbh₂-, *(s)kub-, *(s)ḱub- (“shoulder, thigh”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kew-, *(s)ḱew- (“to bend, arch, bow”). Cognate with Latin cubitus (“elbow, bend, arch”), Latin cubō (“lie down, recline”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈxu.piz/

*hupiz m

1. hip, haunch, upper part of the thigh

• (perhaps) *huppōną, *huppijaną (“to hop”)

• Proto-West Germanic: *hupi
  • Old English: hype
    • Middle English: hippe, hip
      • English: hip
      • Scots: hip
  • Old Frisian: *hepe, *hope
    • Saterland Frisian: Hepe
    • West Frisian: heupe, heup
  • Old Saxon: *hupi, *hup
    • Middle Low German: hüp, hüf, hüfte (the main form was hüf; from High German?)
      • German Low German: Hüft
      • Plautdietsch: Hoft
      • → Swedish: höft
      • → Danish: hofte
      • → Elfdalian: öft
      • → Gutnish: höft, höift
    • → Old Norse: huppr (in combination)
      • Icelandic: huppur
      • Faroese: huppur
      • Norwegian: hupp
  • Old Dutch: *hupi
    • Middle Dutch: hope, huepe
      • Dutch: heup
        • Afrikaans: heup
        • Negerhollands: hep, heep
  • Old High German: huf
    • Middle High German: huf, huft
      • Cimbrian: huff
      • ⇒ Middle High German: hüfte pl
        • German: Hüfte
        • Luxembourgish: Hëft
• Gothic: 𐌷𐌿𐍀𐍃 (hups)
• → Proto-Finnic: *kubëh (see there for further descendants)