Where does “coppeweb” come from?
coppeweb (Middle English) comes from Old English ātorcoppe, from Proto-Germanic *kopp, from Proto-Germanic kuppaz, from Proto-Indo-European gup-, from Proto-Indo-European gew- — to bend, curve, arch, buckle; to bend, to curve;...
coppeweb (Middle English): spiderweb
Ancestry of “coppeweb”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old English | ātorcoppe | spider |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | *kopp | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | kuppaz | round object; orb; vessel; container; bowl;... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | gup- | round object, knoll |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | gew- | to bend, curve, arch, buckle; to bend, to curve;... |
Words derived from “coppeweb”