Where does “mops” come from?

mops (Czech) comes from German mops, from Dutch mops, from Dutch mop, from English MOP, from Middle English mappe, from Walloon mappe, from Latin mappa — napkin; starting signal; map.

mops (Czech): pug

Definitions

  1. pug

Ancestry of “mops”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanmopssingular imperative of mopsen; first-person...
2Dutchmopspug, small dog with a snub snout
3Dutchmopa joke, jest; a brick; a mop
4EnglishMOPGBU-57; Acronym of Massive Ordnance Penetrator
5Middle Englishmappe—
6Walloonmappenapkin
7Latinmappanapkin; starting signal; map
Every word from Latin mappa →Every word from Walloon mappe →Every word from Middle English mappe →