hoppian

== Old English == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *huppōn, from Proto-Germanic *huppōną (“to hop”), from Proto-Indo-European *kewb- (“to bend, bow”). Cognate with Dutch huppen, German hüpfen, Swedish hoppa, and Icelandic hoppa. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈxop.pi.ɑn/, [ˈhop.pi.ɑn] === Verb === hoppian to hop to skip, to bound to bounce to jump, to leap to dance ==== Usage notes ==== The senses "to skip" and "to bounce" are not attested in Old English, but they can be securely reconstructed because they occur in Middle English and in cognates such as German hüpfen and Icelandic hoppa. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (to jump, leap, dance): hlēapan ==== Derived terms ==== *hoppa hoppestre hoppettan ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: hoppen English: hop