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Where does “copf” come from?

copf (Hungarian) comes from German zopf, from Middle High German zopf, from Old High German zoph, from Proto-West Germanic *topp, from Proto-Germanic tuppaz, from Proto-Indo-European dumb- — tail, rod, staff, pole, penis; tail, rod, staff,...

copf (Hungarian): pigtail; braid, plait

Definitions

  1. pigtail; braid, plait

Ancestry of “copf”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanzopf—
2Middle High Germanzopf—
3Old High Germanzophtuft
4Proto-West Germanic*topp—
5Proto-Germanictuppaztuft, plait; top, summit
6Proto-Indo-Europeandumb-tail, rod, staff, pole, penis; tail, rod, staff,...

Words derived from “copf”

  • copfok
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dumb- →