Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hoppō

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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-West Germanic

Etymology

Unknown.^[1] Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keup (“tuft, hair of the head”), referring to the plant's appearance.^[2] Or, related to *haup (“pile, heap, throng”), named after the cone-shaped flower clusters.^[3]

Noun

*hoppō m

hop plant
Synonym: *humalijā

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*hoppō
Genitive	huppini, hoppan
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hoppō	*hoppan
Accusative	*hoppan	*hoppan
Genitive	huppini, hoppan	*hoppanō
Dative	huppini, hoppan	*hoppum
Instrumental	huppini, hoppan	*hoppum

Descendants

Old Saxon: hoppo
- Middle Low German: hoppe, hoppen
  - German Low German: Hoppen
Old Dutch: *hoppo
- Middle Dutch: hoppe
  - Dutch: hop
  - → Middle English: hoppe, hope, hoope
    - English: hop
Old High German: hopfo
- Middle High German: hopfe
  - German: Hopfen
→ Medieval Latin: hupa

References

^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Hopfen”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 316
^ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “hop”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “hop2”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

[1] Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Hopfen”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 316

[2] Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “hop”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

[3] van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “hop2”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

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