Proto-Germanic

*hlaupaną

‘to run, leap, spring’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną.

8 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną, most familiar first.

• loop ← loupe ← hlaup ← hlaupa
• leap ← lepen ← hlēapan ← *hlaupan
• gallop ← galopen ← galoper ← *wala hlaupan
• wallop ← wallopen ← walop ← *wala hlaupan
• lope ← lopen ← hlaupa
• leaper ← lepere ← hlēapere ← hlēapan ← *hlaupan
• loipe ← løype ← hleypa ← hlaupa
• overleap ← overlepen ← oferhlēapan ← hlēapan ← *hlaupan

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną