Where does “হাপ” come from?

হাপ (Hajong) comes from Assamese সাপ, from Sanskrit सर्प, from Sanskrit सृप्, from Proto-Indo-European serp- — to creep, crawl.

হাপ (Hajong): snake

Definitions

  1. snake

Ancestry of “হাপ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Assameseসাপsnake; lizard
2Sanskritसर्पcreeping, crawling, stealing along; a snake,...
3Sanskritसृप्to creep, crawl, glide, slink
4Proto-Indo-Europeanserp-to creep, crawl
Every word from Proto-Indo-European serp- →Every word from Sanskrit सृप् →Every word from Sanskrit सर्प →
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