English
looptop
From loop + top.
Proto-Indo-European *klewb- ‘to spring’
Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną ‘to leap, run’
Old Norse hlaupa ‘to leap’
Old Norse hlaup ‘a run’
Middle English loupe ‘noose, loop’
English loop
Proto-Germanic *tuppaz ‘braid’
Proto-West Germanic *topp ‘top’
Old English topp ‘top’
Middle English top ‘the peak of a mountain or other landform’
English top
Today it means
noun The top of a loop.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / looptop