Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *huppōnąScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_huppōną_1
Single-entry extract from the dictionary. Cross-references to other entries point to their identifiers in the full dictionary.
къпѣтиto hopκύβοςhollow in the hipsκύπτωto stoop, hunchcubōlie down, reclinekupràhumpशुप्तिshoulder
verbWeak class 2to move up and down; hopFrom a pre-Germanic iterative *kuP-néh₂-(ye-)ti, usually derived from Proto-Indo-European *kewb-, *ḱewb- (‘to bend; a bend, joint’). Compare Latin cubō (‘I recline’), Ancient Greek κύβος (kúbos, ‘hollow in the hips’), Albanian sup (‘shoulder’), Sanskrit शुप्ति (śúpti, ‘shoulder’), Proto-Germanic *hupiz (‘hip’). The semantic development would be “to bend the knees” > “to jump”.However, Kroonen argues that the root must be *kup- with final *p, in view of Middle Dutch hobben, and adduces Old Church Slavonic къпѣти (kŭpěti, ‘to hop’) as a cognate. Compare hobby, hub (with German Hubbel) and hump. Tentatively compare also Ancient Greek κύπτω (kúptō, ‘to stoop, hunch’), Lithuanian kuprà (‘hump’), and Old High German hofar, hofir (‘hump’).Possibly sound-symbolic; compare Proto-Finnic *hüp'äit'äk.