Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wlapp-

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 forms

*wrapp-, *wreb-

Etymology

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Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwlɑpː/

Verb

*wlapp-

to turn, roll, wind, fold, wrap

Descendants

Old English: *wlappan, *wlappian; *wrappan, *wrappian
- Middle English: wlappen; wrappen
  - Scots: lap; wrap, vrap, wraple
  - English: lap; wrap
Frankish: *wlappan, *wlappōn
- Old Dutch: *wlappon
  - Middle Dutch: lappen
- → Vulgar Latin: *vuloppare, *guoluppare
  - Old French: vloper, voloper, veloper; envoluper, anveloper; desveloper
    - Middle French: envelopper; desveloper
      - French: envelopper; développer
        → English: develop
    - → Middle English: envolupen
      - English: envelop
  - Italian: avviluppare, inviluppare, sviluppare
Old Norse: *vrappa; *vrappla
- Norwegian: vravla (dialectal)
- Danish: vravle (dialectal)