An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Hüfte

by Friedrich Kluge

Hüfte, f., from the equiv. MidHG. huf (plur. hüffe), OHG. huf (plur. huffi), f., ‘hip’; comp. Goth. hŭps (nom. plur. hŭpeis), m., AS. hype (hop-), m. and f., E. hip, and the equiv. Du. heup, f.; Teut. hŭpi-, from pre-Teut. kŭbi; allied to Gr. κύβος, m., ‘hollow near the hips’?. Others comp. Lith. kùmpis, ‘spring or hand of pork’ (allied to Lith kùmpas, ‘crooked’).