Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/haup

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

From Proto-Germanic *haupaz.

Noun

*haup m

heap, pile
crowd, throng

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*haup
Genitive	*haupas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*haup	haupō, haupōs
Accusative	*haup	*haupā
Genitive	*haupas	*haupō
Dative	*haupē	*haupum
Instrumental	*haupu	*haupum

Derived terms

Descendants

Old English: hēap
- Middle English: hepe, heep
  - English: heap
  - Scots: hepe, heip
Old Frisian: hāp
- Saterland Frisian: Hoop
- West Frisian: heap
Old Saxon: hōp
- Middle Low German: hôp
  - German Low German: Hoop
  - → Old Norse: hópr
    - Icelandic: hópur
    - Faroese: hópur
    - Norwegian: hop
    - Danish: hob
    - Swedish: hop
Old Dutch: *hōp
- Middle Dutch: hôop
  - Dutch: hoop
    - Afrikaans: hoop
  - Limburgish: houp
Old High German: houf
- Middle High German: houf
  - German: Haufen (merged with *hūpô)
→ Old French: houpe
- Middle French: houppe
  - French: houppe