Where does “top” come from?

top (Albanian) comes from Ottoman Turkish طوپ, from Old Turkic tōp.

top (Albanian): ball; slang for testicles

Definitions

  1. ball; slang for testicles

Ancestry of “top”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishطوپball; knob; cannon
2Old Turkictōp—
Every word from Old Turkic tōp →Every word from Ottoman Turkish طوپ →
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