Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/haupaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From earlier *hauppaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kouHp-nó-. Alternatively, it may continue *keHup- from an ablaut paradigm with *hūpô. Related to Proto-Slavic *kupъ (“heap”), Lithuanian kaūpas (“heap”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈxɑu̯.pɑz/

Noun

*haupaz m

a heap, pile
a crowd, throng

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *haupaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*haupaz	haupōz, haupōs
vocative	*haup	haupōz, haupōs
accusative	*haupą	*haupanz
genitive	haupas, haupis	*haupǫ̂
dative	*haupai	*haupamaz
instrumental	*haupō	*haupamiz

Related terms

*hūpô

Descendants

Old English: hēap
- Middle English: heep
  - English: heap
Old Frisian: hāp
Old Saxon: hōp
- Middle Low German: hōp
  - Old Norse: hópr
    - Icelandic: hópur
    - Faroese: hópur
    - Norwegian: hop
    - Danish: hob
    - Swedish: hop
Old Dutch: houph
- Middle Dutch: hoop
  - Dutch: hoop
    - Afrikaans: hoop
Old High German: houf
- Old High German: houf
  - German: Haufen (merged with *hūpô)

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 216–217

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