Where does “poupe” come from?

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

Ancestry of “poupe”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Old French	pope	—
2	Italian	poppa	breast, boob; stern; third-person singular...
3	Latin	puppa	stern
4	Latin	pupa	girl, little girl; doll, puppet; pupa
5	Latin	pupus	a boy, a child; a puppet; the pupil of the eye
6	Proto-Indo-European	peh₂w-	few, little; smallness

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂w- →Every word from Latin pupus →Every word from Latin pupa →