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.

hôop (Middle Dutch): heap, pile

Definitions

  1. heap, pile

Ancestry of “hôop”, step by step

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

Words derived from “hôop”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European koupos →Every word from Proto-Germanic haupaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic haup →