Where does “szop” come from?
szop (Polish) comes from German Schupp, from Russian шу́ба, from Middle High German schūbe, from Italian giubba, from Latin iuba, from Old Tupi îub, from Old Tupi -a, from Old Tupi pó — hand.
szop (Polish): raccoon
Definitions
- raccoon
Ancestry of “szop”, step by step
szop traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Schupp
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Schupp | push |
| 2 | Russian | шу́ба | ю́бка |
| 3 | Middle High German | schūbe | — |
| 4 | Italian | giubba | jacket; tunic |
| 5 | Latin | iuba | mane; the flowing hair on the neck of an animal;... |
| 6 | Old Tupi | îub | to lie |
| 7 | Old Tupi | -a | forms nouns from a word's stem |
| 8 | Old Tupi | pó | hand |
| 9 | Proto-Tupi-Guarani | *po | hand |
| 10 | Proto-Tupian | *po | hand |