Where does “pup” come from?

pup (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic pǫpъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic pomp-.

pup (Serbo-Croatian): bud, burgeon

Definitions

  1. bud, burgeon

Ancestry of “pup”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicpǫpъbud, navel
2Proto-Balto-Slavicpomp-—
Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic pomp- →Every word from Proto-Slavic pǫpъ →