Where does “puppe” come from?

puppe (Middle Dutch) comes from Old French poupe, from Italian poppa, from Latin puppa, from Latin pupa, from Latin pupus, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂w- — few, little; smallness.

Ancestry of “puppe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchpoupe
2Italianpoppabreast, boob; stern; third-person singular...
3Latinpuppastern
4Latinpupagirl, little girl; doll, puppet; pupa
5Latinpupusa boy, a child; a puppet; the pupil of the eye
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂w-few, little; smallness

Words derived from “puppe

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂w-