Where does “ljeppe” come from?
ljeppe (West Frisian) comes from Old Frisian hlāpa, from Proto-Germanic *hlaupan, from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną, from Proto-Indo-European klaup-.
ljeppe (West Frisian): to leap, to jump
Ancestry of “ljeppe”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Frisian | hlāpa | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | *hlaupan | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | hlaupaną | to jump forward, to leap |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | klaup- | — |
Words derived from “ljeppe”