Where does “zoph” come from?

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

zoph (Old High German): tuft

Definitions

  1. tuft

Ancestry of “zoph”, 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 “zoph”

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