haapt-
Luxembourgish
editEtymology
editFrom German haupt- (“main, chief”), from Haupt (“head”), whose native cognate is Luxembourgish Heet. In view of the -aa- perhaps an older borrowing from a time when the underlying phoneme (Middle High German -ou-) had not yet been monophthongised. Alternatively influenced by nearby dialects of Rhine Franconian, in which Haapt or Hääpt is the native cognate.
Pronunciation
editPrefix
edithaapt-