Etymograph

English

shoop

Shoop comes from Old Norse *hjúpa ‘rosehip’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *ḱewb- ‘thorn, briar’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱewb-1‘thorn, briar’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*heupǭ2‘haw, hawthorn, thornbush, rosehip’reconstructed
  3. Old Norsec. 800–1350*hjúpa2‘rosehip’reconstructed
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500schoupe2
  5. Englishtodayshoop2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Proto-Germanic *heupǭ
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English shoop

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱewb-Wiktionary, Proto-Germanic *heupǭ‘thorn, briar’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*heupǭWiktionary, English shoop‘haw, hawthorn, thornbush, rosehip’reconstructed
  3. Old Norsec. 800–1350*hjúpaWiktionary, English shoop‘rosehip’reconstructed
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500schoupeWiktionary, English shoop
  5. EnglishtodayshoopWiktionary, English shoop

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *ḱewb- ‘thorn, briar’

incumbent, cove, cubicle, succumb, concubine, succubus, incubus, incubate, hobble, cubit, 13 more

through Proto-Germanic *heupǭ ‘haw, hawthorn, thornbush, rosehip’

hip

Today it means

noun The fruit of the rose; rosehip.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “shoop”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Proto-Germanic *heupǭ. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ḱewb- / shoop

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