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Number: 494
Root: epop, opop
English meaning: a k. of exclamation
German meaning: Ruf des Wiedehopfs
Material: Arm. popop, npers. pūpū `Wiedehopf';

    gr. ἐποποι̃ ποποπό Ruf des Wiedehopfs, ἔποψ, -οπος `Wiedehopf', ἔπωπα ἀλεκτρυόνα ἄγριονHes. (-ωπ- wohl durch Anlehnung an -ωψ); ἄπαφός ἔποψ, τὸ ὄρνεον (assimiliert aus *επαφός, das im Ausgang nach dem Tiernamensuffix -αφος umgebildet ist);

    lat. upupa `Wiedehopf';

    ndd. Hupphupp u. dgl.; nhd. Wiedehopf, ahd. wituhopfo, as. widohoppa ist eine Umdeutung nach germ. widu- (idg. u̯idhu-) `Baum, Holz' und mhd. hopfen `hüpfen';

    lett. puppukis `Wiedehopf'.

    Ähnlich, aber unredupliziert, osorb. hupak, poln. hupek `Wiedehopf', osorb. hupać `wie ein Wiedehopf schreien', vgl. auch allgemeiner slovak. húpati `schreien', russ. alt chupsti sja `sich rühmen'.

References: WP. I 123 f., Kluge11 S. 689.
Pages: 325
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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *epop-, -b- <PIH *H->
Meaning: hoopoe
Hittite: hapupu-, hapupa-, hapupi- c. 'ein Vogel, vielleicht Eule?' (Tischler 167)
Other Iranian: NPers pupu `Wiedehopf'
Armenian: hopop `Wiedehopf'
Old Greek: épop-s, -opos m. `Wiedehopf' {épopos `a k. of bird' Hsch. - wanted!}, épōpa = alektrüóna ágrion Hsch., apaphós = épops Hsch.
Slavic: Pol dial. hupek `Wiedehopf'
Baltic: *pupuk=, *puput=
Germanic: *xupp-a- m., *xupp-an- m., *xupp-ō(n-) f.
Latin: upupa f. `Wiedehopf'
Russ. meaning: птица (удод)
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Baltic etymology :

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Proto-Baltic: *pupuk=, *puput=
Meaning: hoopoe
Indo-European etymology: Indo-European etymology
Lettish: pupucis, pupuce, pupuk̨is, pupik̨is, puputis, pupute `Wiedehopf (Uoupa epops L.)'
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Germanic etymology :

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Proto-Germanic: *xuppa-z, *xuppēn, *xuppō(n)
Meaning: hoopoe
IE etymology: IE etymology
Old Saxon: wido-hoppa f.
Middle Dutch: wēde-hoppe m.
Dutch: hop
Middle Low German: wēde-hoppe m.
Low German: Hupphupp, Hupup, Wuppwupp
Old High German: witu-hopha, -hoffa f. (9.Jh.), -hopho m. (10.Jh.), -hoph (Hs. 13.Jh.)
Middle High German: wit(e)-, wid-hopf(e) wk. m. 'wiedehopf'
German: Wiedehopf
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