Where does “Choppergate” come from?
Choppergate (English) comes from English chopper, from English chop, from Ukrainian Чо́п, from Hungarian csap, from German Zapfen, from Middle High German zapfen, from Old High German zapfo, from Frankish tappō — to share, divide.
Choppergate (English): A 2011 controversy around the broadcast by Nine News of fake footage of a helicopter supposedly flying near Beerwah, Queensland, where the remains of murdered schoolboy Daniel Morcombe had been found earlier that month
Definitions
- A 2011 controversy around the broadcast by Nine News of fake footage of a helicopter supposedly flying near Beerwah, Queensland, where the remains of murdered schoolboy Daniel Morcombe had been found earlier that month
Ancestry of “Choppergate”, step by step
Choppergate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English chopper
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | chopper | A tool for chopping wood; an axe/ax; A knife for... |
| 2 | English | chop | A cut of meat, often containing a section of a... |
| 3 | Ukrainian | Чо́п | — |
| 4 | Hungarian | csap | tap, faucet; spigot, pivot, peg, pin; cone |
| 5 | German | Zapfen | gerund of zapfen; plug, bung, pin, tap, spigot;... |
| 6 | Middle High German | zapfen | — |
| 7 | Old High German | zapfo | — |
| 8 | Frankish | tappō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | tappô | plug; tap |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₂p- | to sacrifice; to lose |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₂- | to share, divide |
via English gate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | gate | A doorlike structure outside a house; Doorway,... |
| 2 | Middle English | gate | An entryway or entrance to a settlement or... |
| 3 | Old English | ġeat | gate; a gate, door |
| 4 | Old French | gaut | forest, woods, woodland |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | walþu | forest |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | walþuz | forest |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wel- | to see |