Where does “lop” come from?

Lop comes from Middle English loppe, from Old English lobbe, from Proto-Germanic lubbǭ, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European lep-.

lop (English): To cut off as the top or extreme part of...

Definitions

  1. To cut off as the top or extreme part of...

Ancestry of “lop”, step by step

lop traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English loppe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishloppeA spider or arachnid; A flea, fly, or other small...
2Old Englishloppespider; silkworm
3Proto-Germanicluppǭflea, sandflea”, originally “jumper; flea,...
4Proto-Germanicluppijanąto jump, dart

via Uyghur لوپ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Uyghurلوپ—

Words derived from “lop”

Every word from Proto-Germanic luppijaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic luppǭ →Every word from Old English loppe →