Where does “hópsýking” come from?

hópsýking (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic hópur, from Old Norse hópr, from Middle Low German hōp, from Old Saxon hōp, from Proto-West Germanic haup, from Proto-Germanic haupaz, from Proto-Indo-European koupos — hill.

hópsýking (Icelandic): cluster infection, outbreak when a group of people get infected from the same event

Definitions

  1. cluster infection, outbreak when a group of people get infected from the same event

Ancestry of “hópsýking”, step by step

hópsýking traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic hópur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandichópura group, a crowd; population, universe
2Old Norsehóprheap; group
3Middle Low Germanhōp—
4Old Saxonhōp—
5Proto-West Germanichaupheap, pile
6Proto-Germanichaupaza heap, pile; a crowd, throng
7Proto-Indo-Europeankouposhill

via Icelandic sýking

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicsýkinginfection
2Icelandicsýkjato infect
Every word from Proto-Indo-European koupos →Every word from Proto-Germanic haupaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic haup →