toupie

Concepts

top

🔝

spinning top

whirligig

pegtop

old bag

spindle moulder

whip-top

spintop

hag

trompo

shrew

teetotum

whipping-top

Synonyms

toton

fiarde

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tu.pi/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French: toupie

Inherited from Old French: topoie

Cognate with Middle Dutch: top

Cognate with Dutch: top

Cognate with Western Frisian: top

Cognate with Middle English: -

Cognate with English: 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”).