Where does “kwap” come from?

kwap (Polish) comes from Middle English quabbe, from Old English *cwabbe, from Proto-Germanic *kwabbā, from Proto-Indo-European gʷeh₂bʰ- — to dive, dive in.

kwap (Polish): dirt, garbage, trash

Definitions

  1. dirt, garbage, trash

Ancestry of “kwap”, step by step

kwap traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English quabbe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishquabbea marsh, bog
2Old English*cwabbesoft marshy ground
3Proto-Germanic*kwabbā—
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʷeh₂bʰ-to dive, dive in

via Old Polish kwap

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Polishkwap—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷeh₂bʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic *kwabbā →Every word from Old English *cwabbe →