Proto-Germanic

*heupǭ

‘thornbush’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *heupǭ.

2 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *heupǭ, most familiar first.

• hip ← hepe ← hēope
• shoop ← schoupe ← *hjúpa

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *heupǭ