Where does “top” come from?

top (Middle English) comes from Old English topp, from Proto-West Germanic *topp, from Proto-Germanic tuppaz, from Proto-Indo-European dumb- — tail, rod, staff, pole, penis; tail, rod, staff,...

top (Middle English): The summit or top of something, especially a...

Definitions

  1. The summit or top of something, especially a...

Ancestry of “top”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishtopptop, summit (of something)
2Proto-West Germanic*topptop, summit, crest
3Proto-Germanictuppaztuft, plait; top, summit
4Proto-Indo-Europeandumb-tail, rod, staff, pole, penis; tail, rod, staff,...

Words derived from “top”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dumb- →Every word from Proto-Germanic tuppaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *topp →