loppe
Middle English
/ˈlɔp(ə)/, /ˈlo(ə)/
noun
Definitions
- A spider or arachnid.
- A flea, fly, or other small insect.
- (astronomy) Cancer constellation
Etymology
Inherited from Old English loppe (spider, silk-worm, flea) inherited from Proto-Germanic *lubbō, *luppǭ (sandflea, flea, originally jumper, originally, jumper).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*luppǭ
Gloss
sandflea, flea, originally jumper, originally, jumper
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- alop English
- lobster English
- lop English
- lop-eared English
- lopper English
- loppy English
- lopseed English
- lopt English
- *lep- Proto-Indo-European
- loppe Norwegian Bokmål
- *lubbō Proto-Germanic
- *luppijaną Proto-Germanic
- *luppǭ Proto-Germanic
- loppe Norwegian Nynorsk
- loppe Old English
- loppestre Old English
- loppes Middle English
- lopster Middle English
- loppe Danish