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

1. heap, pile
2. 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

• *haupijan
• *haupōn

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

Further reading

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