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Where does “tapfar” come from?

tapfar (Old High German) comes from Proto-Germanic dapraz, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeb- — thick, fat, heavy; fat, heavy, thick.

tapfar (Old High German): heavy; important

Definitions

  1. heavy; important

Ancestry of “tapfar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicdaprazstout; solid; heavy; bold
2Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeb-thick, fat, heavy; fat, heavy, thick

Words derived from “tapfar”

  • Tapferkeit
  • tapfer
  • tapfer
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