A compound of heel + flip
Proto-Indo-European *kenk- ‘to feel hunger’
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Proto-Germanic *hanhilaz ‘heel (of the foot)’
Proto-West Germanic *hą̄hilō
Old English hēla ‘heel (of the foot)’
Middle English hele
English heel
Middle English filippen ‘to make a signal or sound with thumb and…’
English flip
Today it means
noun A flip trick where the skateboarder kicks the board in order to make it flip 360 degrees along its long axis.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / heelflip
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