Where does “לויפֿן” come from?

לויפֿן (Yiddish) comes from Middle High German loufen, from Old High German hloufan, from Proto-West Germanic hlaupan, from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną, from Proto-Indo-European klaup-.

לויפֿן (Yiddish): to run, to hurry; to run fast

Definitions

  1. to run, to hurry; to run fast

Ancestry of “לויפֿן”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanloufento run
2Old High Germanhloufan—
3Proto-West Germanichlaupanto jump forward, to leap
4Proto-Germanichlaupanąto jump forward, to leap
5Proto-Indo-Europeanklaup-—

Words derived from “לויפֿן”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European klaup- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hlaupan →