Where does “hoopmaking” come from?

hoopmaking (English) comes from English making, from English -ing, from Old English -ing, from Old English -tūn, from Old English tūn, from Proto-West Germanic tūn, from Proto-Germanic tūną, from Gaulish dunum — smoke; mist, haze.

hoopmaking (English): The manufacture of hoops

Definitions

  1. The manufacture of hoops

Ancestry of “hoopmaking”, step by step

hoopmaking traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English making

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmakingThe act of forming, causing, or constituting;...
2English-ingUsed to form gerunds, a type of verbal nouns,...
3Old English-ingForming nouns from verbs, indicating action,...
4Old English-tūnhomestead, village, town
5Old Englishtūnenclosure, yard; place; dwelling
6Proto-West Germanictūnfence
7Proto-Germanictūnąfence; enclosure
8Gaulishdunumfort; hill, hillfort
9Proto-Celticdūnomstronghold, rampart
10Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze

via English hoop

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhoopA circular band of metal used to bind a barrel; A...
2Old Frenchhuppe
3Latinupupahoopoe
4Old Saxonuppaabove
5Old Norseáriver; Alternative form of ær; on
6Proto-Norseᚨᚾon
7Proto-Germanicanaon, at; on, onto; ana
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂-
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