wrappen

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Middle English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old English *wrappan, *wræppan, from Proto-Germanic *wrappaną (“to wrap”), from Proto-Indo-European *werb- (“to bend, turn”).

Akin to Danish vravle (“to wind, wrap”), Middle Low German wrempen (“to scrunch the face”). Compare also Middle English wlappen (“to wrap, fold”). More at lap, envelop, develop.

Verb[edit]

wrappen

  1. to wrap, wrap up, fold

Descendants[edit]

  • English: wrap
  • Scots: wrap
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