Where does “galoper” come from?

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

galoper (Middle French): to gallop

Definitions

  1. to gallop

Ancestry of “galoper”, step by step

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

Words derived from “galoper”

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