Where does “hop” come from?

hop (Swedish) comes from Old Norse hópr, from Middle Low German hōp, from Old Saxon hōp, from Proto-West Germanic haup, from Proto-Germanic haupaz, from Proto-Indo-European koupos — hill.

hop (Swedish): heap, collection; a whole bunch

Definitions

  1. heap, collection; a whole bunch

Ancestry of “hop”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsehóprheap; group
2Middle Low Germanhōp—
3Old Saxonhōp—
4Proto-West Germanichaupheap, pile
5Proto-Germanichaupaza heap, pile; a crowd, throng
6Proto-Indo-Europeankouposhill

Words derived from “hop”

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