Reconstruction talk:Proto-West Germanic/hupi

Regarding Middle Low German, Philippa (Etym. Wb. at "heup") claims that hüft(e) is an alteration of hüp after schuft/schüft ("shoulder"), a word of obscure origin. Hüf would then have to be a compromise form. She goes on to claim that German Hüfte was in fact influenced by the Low German. -- In theory this makes some sense, but all evidence seems to contradict it. MLG hüf is quite early and much commoner than both hüp and hüft(e). None of the German dictionaries mentions such a thing either. A High German loan into MLG wouldn't be too problematic. If hüp had somehow become old-fashioned it could easily have been replaced by the HG form. Compare how e.g. zēge displaced gêt ("goat"). 84.63.31.91 11:53, 20 July 2024 (UTC)