Where does “Zapp” come from?

Zapp (Luxembourgish) comes from Middle High German zop, from Old High German zop, 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,...

Zapp (Luxembourgish): plait (of hair), tress

Definitions

  1. plait (of hair), tress

Ancestry of “Zapp”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanzop—
2Old High Germanzop—
3Old High Germanzophtuft
4Proto-West Germanic*topptop, summit, crest
5Proto-Germanictuppaztuft, plait; top, summit
6Proto-Indo-Europeandumb-tail, rod, staff, pole, penis; tail, rod, staff,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dumb- →Every word from Proto-Germanic tuppaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *topp →