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

Definitions

  1. spiderweb

Ancestry of “coppeweb”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishātorcoppespider
2Proto-Germanic*kopp—
3Proto-Germanickuppazround object; orb; vessel; container; bowl;...
4Proto-Indo-Europeangup-round object, knoll
5Proto-Indo-Europeangew-to bend, curve, arch, buckle; to bend, to curve;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gup- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kuppaz →