Where does “puinhoop” come from?

puinhoop (Dutch) comes from Dutch hoop, from Middle Dutch hôop, from Old Dutch hōp, from Proto-West Germanic haup, from Proto-Germanic haupaz, from Proto-Indo-European koupos — hill.

puinhoop (Dutch): A pile of rubble; a ruin; A terrible mess,...

Definitions

  1. A pile of rubble; a ruin; A terrible mess,...

Ancestry of “puinhoop”, step by step

puinhoop traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch hoop

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchhoopA hope, aspiration, wish; A pile, heap, stack; A...
2Middle Dutchhôopheap, pile
3Old Dutchhōp—
4Proto-West Germanichaupheap, pile
5Proto-Germanichaupaza heap, pile; a crowd, throng
6Proto-Indo-Europeankouposhill

via Dutch puin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchpuinrubble, debris, wreckage; also as recycled...
2Middle Dutchpoyn—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European koupos →