Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *huppōnąScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_huppōną_2
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*kemp-to turn, bend
verbWeak class 2to turn back, retreatto step backwardsA secondary zero grade iterative. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kemp- (‘to turn, bend’), assuming the -m- is a nasal infix. The relation of said root to *kh₂em- (‘to bend, curve’), if any, is uncertain.