The story
- Old Norse · derived fromhlíta
- Middle English · derived fromlitnen“to trust”
- Middle English · inherited fromlipnen“to trust”
- English todaylippen
From Middle English lipnen (“to trust”), of obscure origin. Perhaps an alteration of Middle English litnen (“to trust”), of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse hlíta, compare Swedish lita (“to trust, depend, rely on”).
Words from the same roots
Old Norsehlíta all →
lite
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.