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-Indo-European *leb- (“to hang down loosely”).

Noun

*lappā f

1. 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
  • Middle English: lappe
    • English: lap
• Old Saxon: lappo
• Old Dutch: *lappa, *lap
  • Middle Dutch: lap, lappe
    • Dutch: lap
• Old High German: lappo, lappa
  • German: Lappen
• → Old French: *labbe; labelle, label, labbelle, lambel (diminutive)
  • Middle French: label, lambeau, lambel
    • French: lambeau
  • → Middle English: label, labelle
    • English: label
      • → Danish: label
      • → Dutch: label
      • → French: label
      • → Japanese: ラベル (raberu)
      • → Polish: label