Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗To form something into a loop. · To fasten or encircle something with a loop. · To fly an aircraft in a loop. · To move something in a loop.
A length of thread, line or rope that is doubled over to make an opening. · The opening so formed. · A shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself. · A process that returns to its beginning and then repeats itself in the same sequence.
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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This page abbreviates 25 auxiliary source items. The etymology narrative is not shortened. Omission counts are available in the audit fields below; consult the original for complete auxiliary material.
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