loop

The story

1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*hlaupaną“to leap, run”
2. Old Norse · derived fromhlaup“a run”
3. North Germanic · derived from
4. Middle English · inherited fromloupe“noose, loop”
5. English todayloop

From Middle English loupe (“noose, loop”), earlier lowp-knot (“loop-knot”), of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse hlaup (“a run”), used in the sense of a "running knot", from hlaupa (“to leap”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną (“to leap, run”). Compare Swedish löp-knut (“loop-knot”), Danish løb-knude (“a running knot”), Danish løb (“a course”). More at leap. The verb is derived from the noun.

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