Where does “hōpon” come from?

hōpon (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic haupōn, from Proto-Germanic haupōną — to heap, heap up.

hōpon (Old Dutch): to hope

Definitions

  1. to hope

Ancestry of “hōpon”, step by step

hōpon traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic haupōn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanichaupōnto heap, pile up
2Proto-Germanichaupōnąto heap, heap up

via Proto-West Germanic hopōn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanichopōnto hope, to expect

Words derived from “hōpon”

Every word from Proto-Germanic haupōną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic haupōn →