Where does “top” come from?

top (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic tuppaz, from Proto-Indo-European dumb- — tail, rod, staff, pole, penis; tail, rod, staff,...

top (Old English): top, highest part; summit; crest; tassel, tuft; ...

Definitions

  1. top, highest part; summit; crest; tassel, tuft; ...

Ancestry of “top”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanictuppaztuft, plait; top, summit
2Proto-Indo-Europeandumb-tail, rod, staff, pole, penis; tail, rod, staff,...

Words derived from “top”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dumb- →Every word from Proto-Germanic tuppaz →