Where does “cöp” come from?

cöp (Vilamovian) comes from Old High German zoph, from Proto-West Germanic *topp, from Proto-Germanic tuppaz, from Proto-Indo-European dumb- — tail, rod, staff, pole, penis; tail, rod, staff,...

cöp (Vilamovian): plait, braid (of hair)

Definitions

  1. plait, braid (of hair)

Ancestry of “cöp”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanzophtuft
2Proto-West Germanic*topptop, summit, crest
3Proto-Germanictuppaztuft, plait; top, summit
4Proto-Indo-Europeandumb-tail, rod, staff, pole, penis; tail, rod, staff,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dumb- →Every word from Proto-Germanic tuppaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *topp →