haapt-

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From German haupt- (“main, chief”), from Haupt (“head”), whose native cognate is Luxembourgish Heet. In view of the -aa- perhaps an older borrowing from a time when the underlying phoneme (Middle High German -ou-) had not yet been monophthongised. Alternatively influenced by nearby dialects of Rhine Franconian, in which Haapt or Hääpt is the native cognate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haːpt/

Prefix

haapt-

1. main, chief

   ‎haapt- + ‎Strooss (“street”) → ‎Haaptstrooss (“main street”)

   ‎haapt- + ‎Stad (“city”) → ‎Haaptstad (“capital”)