Where does “Kopphut” come from?

Kopphut (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch Hut, from Middle Low German hūt, from Old Saxon hūd, from Proto-West Germanic hūdi, from Proto-Germanic hūdiz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kewH- — to cover, bedeck; cover.

Kopphut (Plautdietsch): scalp

Definitions

  1. scalp

Ancestry of “Kopphut”, step by step

Kopphut traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Plautdietsch Hut

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschHutskin, hide
2Middle Low Germanhūt—
3Old Saxonhūd—
4Proto-West Germanichūdiskin
5Proto-Germanichūdizhide, skin
6Proto-Indo-European(s)kewH-to cover, bedeck; cover

via Plautdietsch Kopp

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschKopphead
2Low GermanKopp—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kewH- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hūdiz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hūdi →