Where does “lopen” come from?

lopen (Low German) comes from Middle Low German lôpen, from Old Saxon hlōpan, from Proto-West Germanic hlaupan, from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną, from Proto-Indo-European klaup-.

lopen (Low German): to leap, run

Definitions

  1. to leap, run

Ancestry of “lopen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanlôpento run, to sprint, to hurry, to haste
2Old Saxonhlōpanto run
3Proto-West Germanichlaupanto jump forward, to leap
4Proto-Germanichlaupanąto jump forward, to leap
5Proto-Indo-Europeanklaup-—

Words derived from “lopen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European klaup- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hlaupan →