Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/lapil

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 *lappjan (“to provide food”) +‎ *-il.

Noun

*lapil m

1. spoon

   Synonym: *spānu

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*lapil
Genitive	*lapilas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*lapil	*lapilō, *lapilōs
Accusative	*lapil	*lapilā
Genitive	*lapilas	*lapilō
Dative	*lapilē	*lapilum
Instrumental	*lapilu	*lapilum

Descendants

• Old Frisian: lepel, leppel
  • Saterland Frisian: Lääpel
  • West Frisian: leppel
• Old Saxon: lepil
  • Middle Low German: lēpel, leppel
    • Low German: Lepel
    • Plautdietsch: Läpel
    • →? Norn: lepel
• Old Dutch: *lepil
  • Middle Dutch: lēpel
    • Dutch: lepel
      • Afrikaans: lepel
      • Berbice Creole Dutch: leple
      • Jersey Dutch: lêpel
      • Negerhollands: leepel, leppu
      • Skepi Creole Dutch: lepel
      • → Lokono: lepele
    • Limburgish: laepel
  • Limburgish: laepel
• Old High German: lepfil, leffil
  • Middle High German: leffel
    • Alemannic German: Leffel, Läffel, Löffel
    • Bavarian: Leffl

      Cimbrian: löffl

      Mòcheno: leffl

    • Central Franconian: Läffel, Läfel

      Hunsrik: Leffel

      Luxembourgish: Läffel

    • German: Löffel
    • Rhine Franconian: Leffel, Lewwel

      Frankfurterisch: [lev̥l̩]

      Pennsylvania German: Leffel

    • Vilamovian: łefuł
    • Yiddish: לעפֿל (lefl)