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.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

Uncertain. Most simply, from a late Proto-Indo-European *kewb- (“to recline”); cognate with Latin cubō (“lie down, recline”), Latin cubitus (“elbow, bend, arch”), Proto-Celtic *kuxsketi (“to sleep”). Compare however Proto-West Germanic *hubil (“bump, hill”), *hump (“hump, hunch”), Danish huv (“hull”) and English hub, hob, all of uncertain origin. Has been compared to Proto-Germanic *huppōną (“to hop”), for a pre-Germanic or Proto-Indo-European root “to bend”, which has been reconstructed in various ways. More at *kh₂em-, Ancient Greek κύβος (kúbos, “hollow in the hips”), Albanian sup (“shoulder”), Sanskrit शुप्ति (śúpti, “shoulder”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxu.piz/

Noun

*hupiz m

1. 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	*hupijǫ̂
dative	*hupī	*hupimaz
instrumental	*hupī	*hupimiz

Related terms

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

Descendants

• 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)