Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lappōną
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Proto-Germanic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
Verb[edit]
*lappōną
- to lap, lick up
Inflection[edit]
Conjugation of *lappōną (weak class 2)
Descendants[edit]
The original paradigm was singular *lapp- against non-singular *lab-, with different leveling among the daughter languages.