coop
'a small cage for birds’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. cupe, coupe, coope, cowpe < O.E. cype, cypa ‘large wicker basket, cask’ < M.Du. kupe < Swed. kupa < Lat. cupa ‘tub, cask’ < keup- ‘hollow mound’ < koop < kup- < Tamil kappu