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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.

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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSchupppush
2Russianшу́баю́бка
3Middle High Germanschūbe—
4Italiangiubbajacket; tunic
5Latiniubamane; the flowing hair on the neck of an animal;...
6Old Tupiîub—
7Old Tupi-a—
8Old Tupipóhand
9Proto-Tupi-Guarani*po—
10Proto-Tupian*po—
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