Where does “topp” come from?

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

topp (Old English): top, summit (of something)

Definitions

  1. top, summit (of something)

Ancestry of “topp”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*topptop, summit, crest
2Proto-Germanictuppaztuft, plait; top, summit
3Proto-Indo-Europeandumb-tail, rod, staff, pole, penis; tail, rod, staff,...

Words derived from “topp”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dumb- →Every word from Proto-Germanic tuppaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *topp →