Etymograph

English

hoop

Hoop comes from Old English hōp ‘mound, raised land’, from Proto-Germanic *hōpą ‘bend, bow, arch’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kewb-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kewb-‘to bend, bow, arch, vault’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hōpą‘bend, bow, arch’reconstructed
  3. Old Englishc. 450–1150hōp‘mound, raised land’
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500hoop
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1596same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kewb-‘to bend, bow, arch, vault’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hōpą‘bend, bow, arch’reconstructed
  3. Old Englishc. 450–1150hōp‘mound, raised land’
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500hoop
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1596same form

Earliest quotation: 1596, attributed to William Shakespeare; Thoma, The Raigne of King Edward the Third: […]: “[B]ehold the wretched price of Wales, / Hoopt with…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *kewb- ‘to bend, bow, arch, vault’

hop

through Old English hōp ‘mound, raised land’

hope

Today it means

noun A circular band of metal used to bind a barrel.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *kewb- / hoop

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