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Where does “*hapjǭ” come from?

*hapjǭ (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European kop- — to dig; to strike, to beat.

Ancestry of “*hapjǭ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeankop-to dig; to strike, to beat
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