Where does “choppiness” come from?
choppiness (English) comes from English choppy, 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.
choppiness (English): the state of being choppy
Definitions
- the state of being choppy
Ancestry of “choppiness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | choppy | Having many small, rough waves; Discontinuous,... |
| 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 |