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Where does “copp” come from?

copp (Middle Irish) comes from Proto-Germanic *kopp, from Proto-Germanic kuppaz, from Proto-Indo-European gup-, from Proto-Indo-European gew- — to bend, curve, arch, buckle; to bend, to curve;...

Ancestry of “copp”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*kopp—
2Proto-Germanickuppazround object; orb; vessel; container; bowl;...
3Proto-Indo-Europeangup-round object, knoll
4Proto-Indo-Europeangew-to bend, curve, arch, buckle; to bend, to curve;...

Words derived from “copp”

  • cop
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