Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lappaz

This Proto-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-Germanic

Alternative reconstructions

  • *lappǭ

Etymology

From Pre-Germanic *lopnó-, from Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“to hang loosely, flop”). Compare Ancient Greek λοβός (lobós, “lobe”), Albanian labë (“bark”).[1]

Noun

*lappaz n

  1. flap, lobe
  2. strip

Inflection

Declension of *lappaz (z-stem)
singular plural
nominative *lappaz *lappizō
vocative *lappaz *lappizō
accusative *lappaz *lappizō
genitive *lappiziz *lappizǫ̂
dative *lappizi *lappizumaz
instrumental *lappizē *lappizumiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *lappā f; *lappō m
  • Old Norse: leppr, lappir m (lappir possibly borrowed from Middle Low German)

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*lappōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 236
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