Where does “hlēapan” come from?

hlēapan (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic hlaupan, from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną, from Proto-Indo-European klaup-.

hlēapan (Old English): to run, leap

Definitions

  1. to run, leap

Ancestry of “hlēapan”, step by step

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

Words derived from “hlēapan”

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