Where does “Kop” come from?

Kop (Saterland Frisian) comes from Old Frisian kop, from Proto-Germanic kuppaz, from Proto-Indo-European gup-, from Proto-Indo-European gew- — to bend, curve, arch, buckle; to bend, to curve;...

Kop (Saterland Frisian): head

Definitions

  1. head

Ancestry of “Kop”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frisiankop—
2Proto-Germanickuppazround object; orb; vessel; container; bowl;...
3Proto-Indo-Europeangup-round object, knoll
4Proto-Indo-Europeangew-to bend, curve, arch, buckle; to bend, to curve;...

Words derived from “Kop”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gup- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kuppaz →