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Where does “hāp” come from?

hāp (Old Frisian) comes from Proto-West Germanic haup, from Proto-Germanic haupaz, from Proto-Indo-European koupos — hill.

Ancestry of “hāp”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanichaup—
2Proto-Germanichaupaza heap, pile; a crowd, throng
3Proto-Indo-Europeankouposhill

Words derived from “hāp”

  • heap
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