Where does “galopen” come from?

galopen (Middle English) comes from Old French galoper, from Frankish wala hlaupan, from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną, from Proto-Indo-European klaup-.

galopen (Middle English): to gallop

Definitions

  1. to gallop

Ancestry of “galopen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchgaloperto gallop
2Frankishwala hlaupanto run well
3Proto-Germanichlaupanąto jump forward, to leap
4Proto-Indo-Europeanklaup-—

Words derived from “galopen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European klaup- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną →Every word from Frankish wala hlaupan →