Where does “newschopper” come from?
newschopper (English) comes from English chopper, 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.
newschopper (English): A helicopter used by a news crew to track and broadcast live news
Definitions
- A helicopter used by a news crew to track and broadcast live news
Ancestry of “newschopper”, step by step
newschopper traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English chopper
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | chopper | A tool for chopping wood; an axe/ax; A knife for... |
| 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 |