loppe
Danish
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *luppǭ (“flea, sandflea”, originally “jumper”), from Proto-Germanic *luppijaną (“to jump, dart”).
Inflection
Derived terms
- hundeloppe
- katteloppe
- loppebid
- loppecirkus
- loppefrø
- loppehalsbånd
- loppemarked
- loppepulver
- loppespil
- loppestik
- loppetjans
- loppetorv
- menneskeloppe
- rotteloppe
Verb
loppe (imperative lop, infinitive at loppe, present tense lopper, past tense loppede, perfect tense har loppet)
Conjugation
Middle English
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old English loppe, lobbe, from a conflation of Proto-Germanic *lubbō, *lubbǭ and Proto-Germanic *luppǭ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɔp(ə)/, /ˈlɔb(ə)/
Noun
loppe (plural loppes)
Related terms
Descendants
- English: lop (dialectal)
References
- “loppe (n.(1))” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-07.
Etymology 2
From Medieval Latin loppa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlo(ə)/, /ˈskrab(ə)/
Noun
loppe (plural loppes)
Descendants
- English: lop
References
- “loppe (n.(2))” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-07.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *luppǭ (“flea, sandflea”, originally “jumper”), from Proto-Germanic *luppijaną (“to jump, dart”).
Noun
loppe f or m (definite singular loppa or loppen, indefinite plural lopper, definite plural loppene)
- a flea (wingless parasitical insect)
- an item for sale in a flea market
Derived terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *luppǭ (“flea, sandflea”, originally “jumper”), from Proto-Germanic *luppijaną (“to jump, dart”).
Noun
loppe f (definite singular loppa, indefinite plural lopper, definite plural loppene)
- a flea (wingless parasitical insect)
- an item for sale in a flea market
Derived terms
Old English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Sense of "spider, silkworm" from Proto-Germanic *lubbō, *lubbǭ (“that which hangs or dangles”), from Proto-Indo-European *lep- (“to peel, skin”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian lobbe (“hanging lump of flesh”), Middle Low German and Middle Dutch lobbe (“dangling part”), Dutch lob (“hanging lip, ruffle or sleeve”). More at lobe.
Sense of "flea" from Proto-Germanic *luppǭ (“flea, sandflea”, originally “jumper”), from Proto-Germanic *luppijaną (“to jump, dart”). Cognate with Danish loppe (“flea”), Swedish loppa (“flea”), Middle High German lüpfen, lupfen (“to release and raise aloft, move quickly”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈloppe/