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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *lip-
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Meaning: to stick, to glue
Tokharian: A, B lip- 'remain, be left over' (Adams 555)
Old Indian: limpáti, pf. lilepa, riripúḥ, pass. lipyate, ptc. liptá-, riptá- `to smear, anoint; to stick, adhere'; lepa- m. `smearing; ointment', répas- n. `spot, stain', riprá- n. `dirt'
Old Greek: adv. lípa `fett, glänzend', lípas n., lípos n. `Fett', liparó- `fett, (von Öl oder Salbe) glänzend, fruchtbar'
Slavic: *lēpī́tī; *lьnǭtī, aor. *lьpъ; *lēpъ; *lьpъ; *lьpḗtī, *lьpljǭ
Baltic: *lip- vb. intr., *lip-u- adj.
Germanic: *līb-á- vb., *laib-iá- vb., *laib-ṓ f., *lif-n-a-
Latin: lippus, -a `triefäugig, triefend'
Russ. meaning: лепить, клеить
References: WP II 403 f
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Vasmer's dictionary :

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Word: лепи́ть,
Near etymology: леплю́, лепо́к -- название цветка, укр. лiпи́ти, ст.-слав. прилѣпити προσκολλᾶσθαι, болг. лепя́ "приклеиваю, леплю", сербохорв. лиjѐпити, ли̏jепи̑м "накладывать глину", словен. lėpíti, чеш. lepiti, слвц. lерit᾽, польск. lepić, в.-луж. lěpić. Другая ступень чередования гласных: ли́пкий, ли́пнуть, льнуть.
Further etymology: Родственно лит. lìpti, limpù, lipaũ "прилипать, приклеиваться", лтш. lipt, кауз. лит. lipýti, lipaũ, lipìnti, lipinù, лтш. lipinât "приклеивать", лит. lipùs, lipnùs "клейкий", лтш. laĩpns "приветливый, дружелюбный", др.-инд. lēраs м. "мазь (клеевая) краска", lēрауаti "мажет", limpáti -- то же, страд. liруаtē "приклеивается, прилипает", греч. λίπος ср. р. "жир", λιπαρός "жирный", λῖπαρής "стойкий, упорный", лат. lippus "слезящийся" (с экспрессивным удвоением согласных; см. Мейе--Эрну 644), гот. aflifnan "оставаться", гот. bilaibjan "оставлять", тохар. lip- "оставаться"; см. Ройтер, JSFOu 47, 4, 13; Мейе, МSl 14, 351; Бернекер 1, 712; Траутман, ВSW 161 и сл.; М.--Э. 2, 410, 475; Уленбек, Aind. Wb. 264; Вальде--Гофм. 1, 811. Сюда же с отклонением в конце слова греч. ἀλείφω "умащаю", ἀλοιφή "мазь".
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Baltic etymology :

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Proto-Baltic: *lip- vb. intr., *lip-u- adj.
Meaning: stick
Indo-European etymology: Indo-European etymology
Lithuanian: lìpti, lim̃pa `kleben(bleiben), klebrig sein', pl. lipaĩ 'Fischleim', lìpinti 'leimen, kleben, modellieren, formen, plastisch darstellen, (aus Stein) aushsuen', { lipù- `klebrig, anhänglich' }
Lettish: lipt (lìpu/lìpstu, lipu) `kleben, klebenbleiben; anhangen, sich anschmiegen, sich anschmeissen, verpricht sein', ? laĩpns, làipns `leutselig, herablassend, freundlich, liebenswürdig'
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Germanic etymology :

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Proto-Germanic: *lībán- vb., caus. *laibián- vb., *laibṓ, *lifnan-
Meaning: remain
IE etymology: IE etymology
Gothic: *bi-līban st. `remain'; bi-laibjan wk.: ɵai bilaibidans `those left'; *laiba f. (ō) `remainder, remnant'
Old Norse: leifa wk. `hinterlassen'; leif f. `Erbschaft', pl. `Folgen'; lifna wk. `übrig bleiben', lifa wk. `übrig sein'
Norwegian: leiva wk.; leiv
Old Swedish: leva vb.; lēf; limna, lifna vb.
Swedish: lemna, lämna `übrig bleiben'
Danish: levne `übrig bleiben'
Old English: be-līfan `bleiben, übrigbleiben'; lǟfan `übriglassen'; lāf st. f. `Überbleibsel'
English: leave
Old Frisian: bi-līva vb.; lēva vb.; lēva st. f.
Old Saxon: bi-līvan; lēvian; lēva st. f.
Middle Dutch: blīven, be-līven
Dutch: blijven
Old Franconian: blīvan
Middle Low German: blīven
Old High German: bilīban `(weg-, unter)bleiben' (8.Jh.); leiben `hinterlassen briglassen'; leiba st. f. `remainder, leavings'
Middle High German: belīben, blīben st. 'im gleichem zustand bleiben, verharren; unterbleiben; tot bleiben'
German: bleiben
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Pokorny's dictionary :

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Number: 1150
Root: leip-1
English meaning: to smear, stick
German meaning: `mit Fett beschmieren, kleben' (daraus auch `sich anheftend hinaufklettern, klettern')
General comments: wohl Erweiterung zu lei- `schleimig'.
Material: Ai. lip- (limpáti-, lipyátē) `beschmieren', liptá- `klebend, an etwas haftend', lēpayati `beschmiert' (= slav. lěpiti), rip- `schmieren, kleben, betrügen'; ríp- f. `Betrug; Verunreinigung'(= gr. λίπα Akk.), lēpa- m. `das Bestreichen, das Aufgestrichene, Schmutz', rḗpas- n. `Fleck, Schmutz', riprá- n. `Schmutz' (ähnlich gr. λιπαρός, alb. laparós), ripú `tückisch, Betrüger';

    npers. fi-rēftan `betrügen', rēw `Betrug', osset. fä-lēwun, -līwyn `betrügen';

    gr. λίπος n. `Fett', λιπαρός `fett, gesalbt', mit Auslautentgleisung ἀλείφω `salbe', ἄλειφαρ, ἀλοιφή `Salbe'; mit der Bed. `klettern' (wie lit. lipù, lìpti) gr. αἰγίλιψ `nur von Ziegen erkletterbar', ἄλιψ πέτρα Hes., eig. `unersteiglich', λίψ πέτρα, ἀφ' ἧς ὕδωρ στάζει Hes.;

    alb. laparós `beschmutze, stinke', lapërdhī́ `schmutzige Rede', gëlepë, shklepë f., glep `Augenbutter' (Präfix kë- + *loipos oder *loipā);

    lat. lippus `triefäugig, triefend' (mit expressiver Konsonantenschärfung);

    got. bileiban, ahd. bilīban `bleiben', ags. belīfan `bleiben, übrigbleiben' (zum ī s. Meillet MSL. 14, 351), Kaus. got. bilaibjan; aisl. leifa, ahd. leiben, ags. lǣfan `übriglassen'; got. laiba f., aisl. leif, ahd. leipa, ags. lāf `Überbleibsel'; got. aflifnan, aisl. lifna `übrigbleiben', aisl. lifa `übrig sein';

    germ. līƀ- `(kleben)bleiben' hat auch die Bed. `übrigbleiben' von līƕ (leikʷ- `verlassen') aufgesaugt, das dadurch nunmehr in der Bed. `überlassen, leihen' lebendig blieb;

    [eine verschiedene, auch in lat. cae-lebs aus *caivi-lib- (s. kai- `allein') vorliegende Wz. *leibh- `leben' enthalten got. liban (3. Sg. libaiþ), ahd. lebēn, as. libbian, leƀōn, ags. libban, aisl. lifa `leben', lifna `lebendig werden'; aisl. līf n., ags. līf, as. līf, līƀ n. `Leben', ahd. līb, līp, mhd. līp, lībes m. n. `Leben; Leib, Person'];

    lit. limpù, lìpti `klebenbleiben' (und lipù, lìpti `klettern', s. oben), lipnùs `klebrig', lipùs `ds., anhänglich', lett. lípu, lipt `anhangen', lipigs `klebrig', lipns, laipns `mild, leutselig, freundlich';

    slav. *lьnǫ, *lьnoti in aksl. pri-lьnǫti `ankleben' und slav. *lьpěti in aksl. pri-lьpljǫ, pri-lьpěti `ankleben', dazu Kaus. aksl. pri-lěpiti sę ds., usw. und aksl. *lěръ m. `Leim' (= ai. lēpa-), auch abg. lěpъ `passend, schön' (ursprüngl. `anklebend');

    toch. A lip- `übrigbleiben'; lyipär `Rest';

    hitt. lip- `schmieren'.

References: WP. II 403 f., WH. I 811 f., Trautmann 161 f., Jokl L-k. U. 314, Specht KZ. 64, 67.
Pages: 670-671
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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *liṗV
Meaning: smear
Indo-European: *leip-
Altaic: *làjp`V
Uralic: BF *lipa, *lipeδa 'slippery' (SKES 297); Nen. lapćē- 'festkleben'
Kartvelian: *lap- / *lp- (+ *liṗ- 653)
Dravidian: *nīv-/*nivur-
References: МССНЯ 347, ОСНЯ 2, 18 (с неясностями). ND 1309 *Laṗa 'stick to; mould' (part of Alt. + Nen.); 1311 *LipV 'fat; to smear with fat' (IE + part of Alt. + Drav. + SH); 1322 *LiP(ħ)a 'to stick, sticky, glue; make earthenware' (more or less same forms) (with very dub. SH parallels); 1320 *LüpiʔV 'to slip' (Kartv. liṗ- + weak IE + BF).
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Altaic etymology :

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Proto-Altaic: *làjp`V
Nostratic: Nostratic
Meaning: to glue, stick to
Russian meaning: прилипать, приклеивать(ся)
Turkic: *jạp-ɨĺč-
Mongolian: *niɣa-
Tungus-Manchu: *labgān-, *lipa-
Japanese: *nàimpà-r- (~-ia-)
Comments: Владимирцов 209, 369, Poppe 39, 47, 74, ОСНЯ 2, 19, Miller 1986, 203, АПиПЯЯ 75, Мудрак Дисс. 91. Cf. also OJpn. nìbè 'fish glue'; diphthong in Jpn. and vowel variation in Jpn. and TM probably indicates PA *-j-. Doerfer (TMN 4, 49) denies the Turk.-Mong. parallel - in a hardly plausible way.
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Turkic etymology :

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Proto-Turkic: *jạp-ɨĺč-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: to glue, stick to
Russian meaning: приклеиваться, прилипать
Old Turkic: japɨš- (OUygh.)
Karakhanid: japuš-, japɨš- (MK)
Turkish: japɨš-
Tatar: jabɨš-
Middle Turkic: japɨš- (AH, Ettuhf.)
Uzbek: jɔpiš-
Uighur: jepiš-, jopuš-
Azerbaidzhan: japɨš-
Turkmen: japɨš-
Halaj: japuš-
Chuvash: śɨbъś-
Yakut: sɨsɨn- šɨbā - 'to plaster, smear'
Tuva: čɨ'pšɨn-
Kirghiz: ǯabɨš-
Kazakh: žabɨs-
Noghai: jabɨs-
Bashkir: jäbeš-
Balkar: žabɨš-
Gagauz: japɨš-
Karaim: japɨš-, japuš-, jabuš-
Karakalpak: žabɨs-
Kumyk: jabuš-, jabɨš-
Comments: VEWT 187, ЭСТЯ 4, 132-133, EDT 880-881. The deriving stem *jạp- is probably preserved in Karakh. (MK) jap- 'stick to', Az. jap- 'to model dung for drying' and *jap-ma 'modelled dung' (see ЭСТЯ 4, 130, 133); thus the analysis of *jạp-ɨĺč- as reciprocal from *jap- 'make, create' or 'cover' (EDT ibid.) is certainly incorrect.
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Mongolian etymology :

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Proto-Mongolian: *niɣa-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: to glue, stick to
Russian meaning: приклеивать
Written Mongolian: niɣa-, naɣa- (L 556)
Middle Mongolian: ni'a- (SH)
Khalkha: nā-
Buriat: ńā-
Kalmuck: nā- (КРС)
Ordos: nā-
Dongxian: niaɣa-
Dagur: niā-
Monguor: niā- (SM 269), nā-
Mogol: niōldu- (Ramstedt 1906)
Comments: MGCD 497.
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Tungus etymology :

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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *labgān-, *lipa-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: 1 to glue, stick 2 to smear, poach in mud
Russian meaning: 1 прилипать 2 мазать, вязнуть в грязи
Evenki: labgān-, lamba- 1, lipa- 2
Even: labgan-, nabgan- 1
Negidal: labgān- 1
Literary Manchu: lifa- 2
Ulcha: lịpa- 2
Orok: lamba- 1
Nanai: lịpa- 2
Udighe: lagbamu- 1
Comments: ТМС 1, 484-485, 490, 498-499. PTM *labgān- is probably a contraction < *lipagān-.
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Japanese etymology :

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Proto-Japanese: *nàimpà-r- (~-ia-)
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: to glue, stick to
Russian meaning: приклеиваться, прилипать
Middle Japanese: nemar-
Tokyo: nebár-
Kyoto: nébár-
Kagoshima: nèbàr-
Comments: JLTT 734.
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Kartvelian etymology :

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Proto-Kartvelian: *lap- / *lp-
Nostratic: Nostratic
Russian meaning: грязь
English meaning: dirt
Georgian: lap-
Megrel: lip-
Megrel meaning (Rus.): выпачкаться глиной
Megrel meaning (Eng.): to dirty oneself with clay
Notes and references: См. ОСНЯ 2, 18 (где основа сравнивается с ПИЕ *leip- 'липкий', урал. *Lipa id., драв. *nīv- 'смазывать', алт. *liap`E 'прилипать' < ностр. *lip`a; однако в МССHЯ 347 c теми же формами сравнивается груз. liṗ- 'гладкий').
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Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-Dravidian : *nīv-/*nivur-
Meaning : to stroke, rub
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Proto-South Dravidian: *nīv-
Proto-Telugu : *nivur-
Notes : Cf. also Kui nēra and Kur. nīṛnā.
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South Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-South Dravidian : *nīv-
Meaning : to stroke
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Tamil : nīvu (nīvi-)
Tamil meaning : to stroke, rub gently, handle softly, smooth by passing the fingers over, wipe off, daub, smear
Tamil derivates : nīvi wiping
Kannada : nīvu
Kannada meaning : to rub softly, use gentle friction, stroke down any member of the body, make straight or smooth by stroking, as the hair, beard, cloth, etc.
Kannada derivates : nīvisu to cause to use gentle friction; nivaru to pass the hand gently over, stroke or rub gently; caus. nivarisu; nēvarisu to make straight, smooth, or proper by gently rubbing with the hand or fingering, rub gently with the hand or stroke
Tulu : nēvaripuni
Tulu meaning : to fondle, caress
Proto-Nilgiri : *nīv-
Notes : Irregular vocalism in Kannada and Telugu.
Number in DED : 3691
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Nilgiri etymology :

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Proto-Nilgiri : *nīv-
Meaning : to stroke
South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology
Kota : niv- (nivd-) "to stroke, massage, comb (hair)"
Toda : nīf- (nīfy-)
Notes : The vowel is unexplainedly short in Kota.
Number in DED : 3691
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Telugu etymology :

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Proto-Telugu : *nivur-
Meaning : to stroke, pass the hand over gently and caressingly
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Telugu : nivuru
Dialectal forms (1) : nimuru
Number in DED : 3691
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