Where does “chopsy” come from?
chopsy (English) comes from English chopse, from English chops, from English chop, from Ukrainian Чо́п, from Hungarian csap, from German Zapfen, from Middle High German zapfen, from Old High German zapfo — to share, divide.
chopsy (English): Inclined to chopse; excessively talkative in an irritating or disrespectful manner
Definitions
- Inclined to chopse; excessively talkative in an irritating or disrespectful manner
Ancestry of “chopsy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | chopse | To loudly insult and subject to verbal abuse; to berate |
| 2 | English | chops | plural of chop; Jaws, mouth; One's skill at... |
| 3 | English | chop | A cut of meat, often containing a section of a... |
| 4 | Ukrainian | Чо́п | — |
| 5 | Hungarian | csap | tap, faucet; spigot, pivot, peg, pin; cone |
| 6 | German | Zapfen | gerund of zapfen; plug, bung, pin, tap, spigot;... |
| 7 | Middle High German | zapfen | — |
| 8 | Old High German | zapfo | — |
| 9 | Frankish | tappō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | tappô | plug; tap |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₂p- | to sacrifice; to lose |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₂- | to share, divide |