Where does “choppy” come from?
Choppy comes from English chop, derived from English chap, which developed from English chapman, tracing back through Latin -ia, Latin -ivus, Latin -ia, and Proto-Indo-European -kos.
choppy (English): Having many small, rough waves; Discontinuous,...
Definitions
- Having many small, rough waves; Discontinuous,...
Ancestry of “choppy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | chop | A cut of meat, often containing a section of a... |
| 2 | Ukrainian | Чо́п | — |
| 3 | Hungarian | csap | tap, faucet; spigot, pivot, peg, pin; cone |
| 4 | German | Zapfen | gerund of zapfen; plug, bung, pin, tap, spigot;... |
| 5 | Middle High German | zapfen | — |
| 6 | Old High German | zapfo | — |
| 7 | Frankish | tappō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | tappô | plug; tap |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₂p- | to sacrifice; to lose |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₂- | to share, divide |