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Where does “dappar” come from?

dappar (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic dapraz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeb- — thick, fat, heavy; fat, heavy, thick.

Ancestry of “dappar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicdaprazstout; solid; heavy; bold
2Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeb-thick, fat, heavy; fat, heavy, thick

Words derived from “dappar”

  • dapper
  • dapperly
  • dapperness
  • dapperling
  • dappa
  • dapper
  • daper
  • dapper
  • dapper
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