Where does “loops” come from?
loops (Dutch) comes from Dutch lopen, from Middle Dutch lôpen, from Old Dutch lōpan, from Proto-West Germanic hlaupan, from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną, from Proto-Indo-European klaup-.
loops (Dutch): in heat/on heat
Ancestry of “loops”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Dutch | lopen | to run, go fast on one's own legs; to run, cover... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | lôpen | — |
| 3 | Old Dutch | lōpan | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | hlaupan | to jump forward, to leap |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hlaupaną | to jump forward, to leap |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | klaup- | — |