Where does “lopen” come from?

lopen (Middle English) comes from Old Norse hlaupa, from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną, from Proto-Indo-European klaup-.

lopen (Middle English): to jump, leap

Definitions

  1. to jump, leap

Ancestry of “lopen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsehlaupato leap, jump, spring
2Proto-Germanichlaupanąto jump forward, to leap
3Proto-Indo-Europeanklaup-—

Words derived from “lopen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European klaup- →