Where does “lôpen” come from?

lôpen (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon hlōpan, from Proto-West Germanic hlaupan, from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną, from Proto-Indo-European klaup-.

lôpen (Middle Low German): to run, to sprint, to hurry, to haste

Definitions

  1. to run, to sprint, to hurry, to haste

Ancestry of “lôpen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonhlōpanto run
2Proto-West Germanichlaupanto jump forward, to leap
3Proto-Germanichlaupanąto jump forward, to leap
4Proto-Indo-Europeanklaup-—

Words derived from “lôpen”

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