Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lappōną

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 This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Pre-Germanic *lapnéh₂-. The root was probably onomatopoeic and might have come about after the PIE period proper. Related to Latin lambō (“to lick”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɑp.pɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*lappōną

  1. to lap, lick up

Inflection

Conjugation of *lappōną (weak class 2)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *lappō *lappǭ — *lappōi ?
2nd singular *lappōsi *lappōs *lappō *lappōsai *lappōsau
3rd singular *lappōþi *lappō *lappōþau *lappōþai *lappōþau
1st dual *lappōs *lappōw — — —
2nd dual *lappōþiz *lappōþiz *lappōþiz — —
1st plural *lappōmaz *lappōm — *lappōnþai *lappōnþau
2nd plural *lappōþ *lappōþ *lappōþ *lappōnþai *lappōnþau
3rd plural *lappōnþi *lappōn *lappōnþau *lappōnþai *lappōnþau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *lappōdǭ *lappōdēdį̄
2nd singular *lappōdēz *lappōdēdīz
3rd singular *lappōdē *lappōdēdī
1st dual *lappōdēdū *lappōdēdīw
2nd dual *lappōdēdudiz *lappōdēdīdiz
1st plural *lappōdēdum *lappōdēdīm
2nd plural *lappōdēdud *lappōdēdīd
3rd plural *lappōdēdun *lappōdēdīn
present past
participles *lappōndz *lappōdaz

Descendants

The original paradigm was singular *lapp- against non-singular *lab-, with different leveling among the daughter languages.

  • Old English: lapian
  • Dutch: labben, lappen (early modern)
  • Old Norse: *lapa

References

  • Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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