Where does “lopen” come from?

lopen (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch lôpen, from Old Dutch lōpan, from Proto-West Germanic hlaupan, from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną, from Proto-Indo-European klaup-.

lopen (Dutch): to run, go fast on one's own legs; to run, cover...

Definitions

  1. to run, go fast on one's own legs; to run, cover...

Ancestry of “lopen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchlôpento run (on foot)
2Old Dutchlōpanto run, to walk, to go
3Proto-West Germanichlaupanto jump forward, to leap
4Proto-Germanichlaupanąto jump forward, to leap
5Proto-Indo-Europeanklaup-—

Words derived from “lopen”

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