English
Liphook
Liphook comes from Middle English Leophok, and goes back to Old English *Hlīephōc.
- Old Englishc. 450–1150*Hlīephōcreconstructed
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Leophok
- EnglishtodayLiphook
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Englishc. 450–1150*Hlīephōcreconstructed
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Leophok
- EnglishtodayLiphook
A compound of hlīep ‘jump’ + hōc ‘hook’
Proto-Indo-European *klewb- ‘to spring’
Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną ‘to walk’
Proto-Germanic *hlaupiz ‘walking’
Old English hlīep ‘jump’
Proto-Indo-European *kog-
Proto-Germanic *hōkaz ‘hook’
Proto-West Germanic *hōk
Old English hōc ‘hook’
Every English word from Old English *Hlīephōc
Today it means
name A village in Bramshott and Liphook parish, East Hampshire district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU8431).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old English *Hlīephōc / Liphook