Etymograph

English

loipe

Loipe comes from German Loipe, from Norwegian Bokmål løype ‘Make way! or give way!’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *klewb- ‘to spring’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*klewb-‘to spring’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hlaupaną‘to jump forward, to leap’reconstructed
  3. Old Norsec. 800–1350hlaupa‘run’
  4. Old Norse, derivedc. 800–1350hleypa‘make run’
  5. Norwegian Bokmålmodernløype‘Make way! or give way!’
  6. Germanc. 1650–presentLoipe
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1979loipe

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*klewb-‘to spring’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hlaupaną‘to jump forward, to leap’reconstructed
  3. Old Norsec. 800–1350hlaupa‘run’
  4. Old Norse, derivedc. 800–1350hleypa‘make run’
  5. Norwegian Bokmålmodernløype‘Make way! or give way!’
  6. Germanc. 1650–presentLoipe
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1979loipe

Earliest quotation: 1979, Mark F. Heller: “The provision of one of the basic requirements, a…”

Linked words

through Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną ‘to jump forward, to leap’

leap, gallop, wallop, 2 more

through Old Norse hlaupa ‘run’

loop, lope

Today it means

noun A cross-country ski trail.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *klewb- / loipe

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