Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hupi

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hupiz.

Noun

*hupi m

1. hip

Inflection

i-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*hupi
Genitive	*hupī
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hupi	*hupī
Accusative	*hupi	*hupī
Genitive	*hupī	*huppjō
Dative	*hupī	*hupim, *huppjum
Instrumental	*hupī	*hupim, *huppjum

Descendants

• 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