toupie

Betekenis (English)

top

Synonyms

toton

fiarde

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/tu.pi/

Etimologie (English)

Inherited from Middle French: toupie

Inherited from Old French: topoie

Cognate with Middle Dutch: top

Cognate with Nederlands: top

Cognate with Fries: top

Cognate with Middle English: -

Cognate with Engels: top

Cognate with Old High German: topf

In summary

Inherited from Middle French toupie (“spinning top”), from Old French topoie (“spinning top”), probably from Frankish *topp (“spinning top”), uncertain whether from *tuppaz (“top, summit, peak”), if so then so called because the toy spins on its tip, which is the top. Cognate with Middle Dutch top, topp (“spinning top”), dialectal Dutch top and dop (“spinning top”) against standard tol, West Frisian top (“spinning top”), Middle English and English top (“spinning top”), Old High German topf (“spinning top”).