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Where does “haup” come from?

haup (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic haupaz, from Proto-Indo-European koupos — hill.

Ancestry of “haup”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanichaupaza heap, pile; a crowd, throng
2Proto-Indo-Europeankouposhill

Words derived from “haup”

  • heap
  • howitzer
  • scrapheap
  • heapsort
  • dustheap
  • heapeth
  • aheap
  • antheap
  • muckheap
  • heapy
  • heapest
  • heaper
  • sandheap
  • junkheap
  • shitheap
  • mudheap
  • subheap
  • maxheap
  • semiheap
  • howitzerlike
  • heapable
  • heapability
  • heapily
  • heapiness
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