Where does “puppe” come from?

puppe (German) comes from Latin pupa, from Latin pupus, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂w- — few, little; smallness.

puppe (German): doll

Definitions

  1. doll

Ancestry of “puppe”, step by step

puppe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin pupa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpupagirl, little girl; doll, puppet; pupa
2Latinpupusa boy, a child; a puppet; the pupil of the eye
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂w-few, little; smallness

via Latin pūpus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpūpusa boy, a child

Words derived from “puppe”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂w- →