Where does “top” come from?

top (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish طوپ, from Old Turkic tōp.

top (Turkish): ball; cannon; gay

Definitions

  1. ball; cannon; gay

Ancestry of “top”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishطوپball; knob; cannon
2Old Turkictōp—

Words derived from “top”

Every word from Old Turkic tōp →Every word from Ottoman Turkish طوپ →