Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lappaz

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.

• *lappǭ

From Pre-Germanic *lopnó-, from Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“to hang loosely, flop”). Compare Ancient Greek λοβός (lobós, “lobe”), Albanian labë (“bark”).

*lappaz n

1. flap, lobe
2. strip

• Proto-West Germanic: *lappā f; *lappō m
  • Old English: læppa, lappa
    • Middle English: lappe
      • English: lap
      • Scots: lap
  • ⇒ Old English: *leppruc, *lippric
    • ⇒ Old English: ēarelippric
  • Old Frisian: lappa
    • Saterland Frisian: Lappe
    • West Frisian: lappe, lape
  • Old Saxon: lappo
    • Middle Low German: lappe
      • German Low German: Lappen
  • Old Dutch: *lappa
    • Middle Dutch: lappe
      • Dutch: lap
        • Afrikaans: lap
  • Old High German: lappo; lappa f
    • Middle High German: lappe
      • German: Lappe, Lappen
  • → Old French: *labbe, *labre
    • ⇒ Old French: labelle, label, labbelle, lambel (diminutive)
      • Middle French: label, lambeau, lambel
        • French: lambeau
    • ⇒ Middle French: *labrer (verb)
      • ⇒ Middle French: deslabrer, délabrer
        • French: délabrer
      • → Middle English: label, labelle
        • English: label
          • → Danish: label
          • → Dutch: label
          • → French: label
          • → Japanese: ラベル (raberu)
            • → Korean: 라벨 (rabel)
          • → Korean: 레이블 (reibeul)
          • → Malay: label
          • → Polish: label
          • → Welsh: label
• Old Norse: leppr, lappir m (lappir possibly borrowed from Middle Low German)
  • Icelandic: leppur
  • Faroese: leppur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: lapp
  • Norwegian Bokmål: lapp
  • Old Swedish: lapper
    • Swedish: lapp
  • Danish: lap