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Where does “hôop” come from?

hôop (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch hōp, from Proto-West Germanic haup, from Proto-Germanic haupaz, from Proto-Indo-European koupos — hill.

Ancestry of “hôop”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchhōp—
2Proto-West Germanichaup—
3Proto-Germanichaupaza heap, pile; a crowd, throng
4Proto-Indo-Europeankouposhill

Words derived from “hôop”

  • mierenhoop
  • hopeloos
  • puinhoop
  • molshoop
  • sterrenhoop
  • aardhoop
  • hoop
  • hoopvol
  • hoop
  • hopi
Every word from Proto-Indo-European koupos →