Where does “teppen” come from?

teppen (Middle English) comes from Old French tapper, from Frankish tappōn, from Proto-Germanic tappōną — to tap.

Ancestry of “teppen”, step by step

teppen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French tapper

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchtapper—
2Frankishtappōn—
3Proto-Germanictappōnąto tap

via Old French taper

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchtaperto tap
2Frankishdabbōnto strike
Every word from Proto-Germanic tappōną →Every word from Frankish tappōn →Every word from Old French tapper →