Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hupiz

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

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈxu.piz/

Noun

*hupiz m

(anatomy) hip, haunch, upper part of the thigh

Inflection

i-stemDeclension of *hupiz (i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*hupiz	*hupīz
vocative	*hupi	*hupīz
accusative	*hupį	*hupinz
genitive	*hupīz	*hupjǫ̂
dative	*hupī	*hupimaz
instrumental	*hupī	*hupimiz

Descendants

Old English: hype
- Middle English: hippe, hip
  - Scots: hip
  - English: hip
Old Frisian: *hup, *hupe
- West Frisian: heup, heupe
Old Saxon: *hupi, *hup
- Middle Low German: hüp, hüf, hüfte
  - 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: huepe
  - Dutch: heup
Old High German: huf
- Middle High German: huf, hüfte
  - German: Hüfte
  - Luxembourgish: Hëft
Gothic: 𐌷𐌿𐍀𐍃 (hups)
→ Finnish: kuve