Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/lappjan

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This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

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Verb

*lappjan[1]

  1. to provide food

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive *lappjan
1st sg. past *lapidā
Infinitive *lappjan
Genitive infin. *lappjannjas
Dative infin. *lappjannjē
Instrum. infin. *lappjannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *lappju *lapidā
2nd singular *lapisi *lapidēs, *lapidōs
3rd singular *lapiþi *lapidē, *lapidā
1st plural *lappjum *lapidum
2nd plural *lapiþ *lapidud
3rd plural *lappjanþ *lapidun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *lappjē *lapidī
2nd singular *lappjēs *lapidī
3rd singular *lappjē *lapidī
1st plural *lappjēm *lapidīm
2nd plural *lappjēþ *lapidīd
3rd plural *lappjēn *lapidīn
Imperative Present
Singular *lapi
Plural *lapiþ
Present Past
Participle *lappjandī *lapid

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Old English: leppan
  • Old High German: gilepfen

References

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 238:PWGmc *lapʲpʲan