Where does “shoop” come from?

shoop (English) comes from German Schupp, from Russian шу́ба, from Middle High German schūbe, from Italian giubba, from Latin iuba, from Old Tupi îub, from Old Tupi -a, from Old Tupi pó — hand.

shoop (English): 1963, Rudy Clark, "The Shoop Shoop Song "; 1993,...

Definitions

  1. 1963, Rudy Clark, "The Shoop Shoop Song "; 1993,...

Ancestry of “shoop”, step by step

shoop traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via German Schupp

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSchupppush
2Russianшу́баю́бка
3Middle High Germanschūbe—
4Italiangiubbajacket; tunic
5Latiniubamane; the flowing hair on the neck of an animal;...
6Old Tupiîubto lie
7Old Tupi-aforms nouns from a word's stem
8Old Tupipóhand
9Proto-Tupi-Guarani*pohand
10Proto-Tupian*pohand

via Middle English schoupe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishschoupe—
2Old Norsehjúpa—
3Proto-Germanicheupǭthornbush
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱewb-briar, thorn
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱew-skin, colour of the skin; to shine; bright; to...
6Proto-Indo-Europeangʷṓwscattle

via English shop

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishshopAn establishment that sells goods or services to...
2Middle Englishshoppe—
3Old Englishsċeoppa—
4Proto-Germanicskupp-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanskub-—
Every word from Proto-Tupian *po →Every word from Old Tupi -a →Every word from Old Tupi îub →