An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Hüfte

by Friedrich Kluge

Hüfte, feminine, from the equivalent Middle High German huf (plural hüffe), Old High German huf (plural huffi), feminine, ‘hip’; compare Gothic hŭps (nominative plural hŭpeis), masculine, Anglo-Saxon hype (hop-), masculine and feminine, English hip, and the equivalent Dutch heup, feminine; Teutonic hŭpi-, from pre-Teutonic kŭbi; allied to Greek κύβος, masculine, ‘hollow near the hips’?. Others compare Lithuanian kùmpis, ‘spring or hand of pork’ (allied to Lith kùmpas, ‘crooked’).