Where does “top” come from?

top (Northern Kurdish) comes from Turkish top, from Ottoman Turkish طوپ, from Old Turkic tōp.

top (Northern Kurdish): ball usually spherical object used for playing games

Definitions

  1. ball usually spherical object used for playing games

Ancestry of “top”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishtopball; cannon; gay
2Ottoman Turkishطوپball; knob; cannon
3Old Turkictōp—
Every word from Old Turkic tōp →Every word from Ottoman Turkish طوپ →Every word from Turkish top →
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