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Where does “hopfo” come from?

hopfo (Old High German) comes from Proto-Germanic huppô, from Proto-Indo-European (s)keup — tuft, hair of the head.

hopfo (Old High German): hop

Definitions

  1. hop

Ancestry of “hopfo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanichuppôhops
2Proto-Indo-European(s)keuptuft, hair of the head

Words derived from “hopfo”

  • Hopf
  • Hopf link
  • Hopfian
  • Hopfen
  • hopfe
  • hopp
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