Reconstruction:Old English/coppe

This Old English entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *koppā (“peak, summit; head, round object”), from Proto-Germanic *kuppǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to bend, curve, arch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkop.pe/

Noun

*coppe f

1. head

Declension

Weak:

	singular	plural
nominative	*coppe	*coppan
accusative	*coppan	*coppan
genitive	*coppan	*coppena
dative	*coppan	*coppum

Derived terms

• ātorcoppe

Related terms

• copp

Descendants

• Middle English: coppe (alternatively, shortened from Middle English attercoppe)
  • English: cop, capper (dialectal)
  • Scots: cop, cap