Etymology

Zapf

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Today it means: A surname. Full definition →

Middle High German zapfen ← Old High German zapfo ← Proto-West Germanic *tappō
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*tappô
  2. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*tappō
  3. Old High German · derived fromzapfo
  4. Middle High German · derived fromzapfen
  5. English todayZapf

From Middle High German zapfen, from Old High German zapfo, from Proto-West Germanic *tappō, from Proto-Germanic *tappô.

Words from the same roots

Proto-Germanic*tappô all →

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