Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗A young dog, especially before sexual maturity (12–18 months). · A young rat. · A young seal. · A dog with a youthful appearance, or any dog.
To bring forth whelps or give birth to pups.
From earlier puppie (“a woman's pet dog”), of uncertain origin, but probably from Middle English *puppee, *poupee, from Old French poupée, popée (“a doll; puppet”). More at puppet. Mostly displaced native Middle English whelp (“puppy”), from Old English hwelp, whence Modern English whelp and whelpie.
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
This page abbreviates 3 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.
Inspect preserved source fields
Raw extraction fields are retained for auditing. Their order does not establish ancestry.
{
"templates": [
{
"name": "root",
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*peh₂w-"
},
"expansion": ""
},
{
"name": "unc",
"args": {
"1": "en",
"nocap": "1"
},
"expansion": "uncertain"
},
{
"name": "inh",
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "*puppee"
},
"expansion": "Middle English *puppee"
},
{
"name": "uder",
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fro",
"3": "poupée"
},
"expansion": "Old French poupée"
},
{
"name": "ncog",
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "whelp",
"t": "puppy"
},
"expansion": "Middle English whelp (“puppy”)"
},
{
"name": "m+",
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "hwelp"
},
"expansion": "Old English hwelp"
},
{
"name": "m+",
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "whelp"
},
"expansion": "English whelp"
}
],
"links": [
[
"puppie",
"puppie#English"
],
[
"*puppee",
"Reconstruction:Middle English/puppee"
],
[
"*poupee",
"Reconstruction:Middle English/poupee"
],
[
"poupée",
"poupée#Old_French"
],
[
"popée",
"popée#Old_French"
],
[
"puppet",
"puppet#English"
],
[
"whelp",
"whelp#Middle_English"
],
[
"hwelp",
"hwelp#Old_English"
],
[
"whelp",
"whelp#English"
],
[
"whelpie",
"whelpie#English"
]
],
"references": [],
"descendants": [],
"lexical": [
{
"pos": "noun",
"glosses": [
"A young dog, especially before sexual maturity (12–18 months).",
"A young rat.",
"A young seal.",
"A dog with a youthful appearance, or any dog."
],
"tags": [],
"recordId": "0b94bbcb371a73dda6225e531290b2ff2594bd42e9beda5df6ce2bd9de12a8c8",
"rawRecordSha256": "811d0abe26797eaf06d459426350a7d2f14eea78b9be35189a18ef7d1f391dda",
"sourceRecordOrdinal": 166973
},
{
"pos": "verb",
"glosses": [
"To bring forth whelps or give birth to pups."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"recordId": "b46ac96e10b89faf26c2dd0615ecbd1df57aa5a2467d9c840a3fc3c4047e4e10",
"rawRecordSha256": "3f8121719c33a6418c8ff579084195a85f8942198b96daecdbb4e3c07c0671bb",
"sourceRecordOrdinal": 166974
}
],
"omittedAuxiliaryFields": {
"templates": 0,
"links": 0,
"references": 0,
"descendants": 0,
"lexicalRecords": 0,
"lexicalSenses": 3,
"glosses": 0
}
}