Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/lappā

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

From Proto-Germanic *lappaz, from Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“to hang down loosely”).

Noun

*lappā f

rag, torn cloth

Declension

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*lappā
Genitive	*lappōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*lappā	*lappōn
Accusative	*lappōn	*lappōn
Genitive	*lappōn	*lappōnō
Dative	*lappōn	lappōm, lappum
Instrumental	*lappōn	lappōm, lappum

Descendants

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)
      - → Japanese: レーベル (rēberu)
      - → Malay: label
      - → Polish: label
      - → Welsh: label