Where does “haup” come from?

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

haup (Proto-West Germanic): heap, pile

Definitions

  1. heap, pile

Ancestry of “haup”, step by step

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

Words derived from “haup”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European koupos →Every word from Proto-Germanic haupaz →