Etymology

hairclip

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English clip ← Middle English clippen ← Old English clyppan
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  1. Proto-Germanic*hērą
  2. Proto-West Germanic*hār
  3. Old Englishhǣr
  4. Middle Englishher
  5. Englishhair
  6. Proto-Indo-European*gel-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*b(ʰ)
  8. Proto-Indo-European*gelb(ʰ)-
  9. Proto-Germanic*klupjaną
  10. Old Englishclyppan
  11. Middle Englishclippen
  12. Englishclip
  13. English todayhairclip

From hair + clip.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.