Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/īp

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

Unknown.

Noun

*īp n

field elm

Inflection

z-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*īp
Genitive	*īpiʀi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*īp	*īpiʀu
Accusative	*īp	*īpiʀu
Genitive	*īpiʀi	*īpiʀō
Dative	*īpiʀi	*īpiʀum
Instrumental	*īpiʀi	*īpiʀum

Derived terms

*īpiʀilā
- → Old French: *yperel
  - Middle French: ypereau, yppereaus
    - French: ipréau, ypréau
*īpiʀīn
- Old Frisian: *īperen
  - West Frisian: iperen
- Old Dutch: *īperen
  - Middle Dutch: *ieperen
    - West Flemish: iperen, yperen
*īpiʀīnbaum
- Old Frisian: *īperenbām
  - West Frisian: iperenbeam
- Old Saxon: *īpirīnbōm
  - Middle Low German: īperenbōm
    - German Low German: Ipernbaum
- Old High German: *īpirīnbaum
  - Middle High German: *īpernbaum
    - German: Ipernbaum
*īpīnbaum
- Old Frisian: *īpenbām
  - West Frisian: ipenbeam
- Old Dutch: *īpenbōm
  - Middle Dutch: *iepenbôom, *ijpenbôom
    - Dutch: iepenboom, ijpenboom, eipenboom, iepeboom (archaic)
      - Jersey Dutch: îperbôm
*īppijā
- Old Saxon: *īppa
  - Middle Low German: *îppe
    - German Low German: Iespe (-s- under the influence of Äsp (“asp”)?)
- Old High German: *īppa, *īpfa
  - Middle High German: *īpfe
    - Central Franconian: Ieffa

Descendants

Old Frisian: *īp sg, *īper pl
- West Frisian: yp
- Saterland Frisian: Ieper
Old Saxon: *īp sg, *īper pl
- Middle Low German: *īper
  - German Low German: Iper
Old Dutch: *īp sg, *īper pl
- Middle Dutch: *iep, *ijp sg, *ieper pl
  - Dutch: iep m, ijp (obsolete)
    - Afrikaans: iep
    - → German: Äp (dialectal)
  - West Flemish: iper, yper m or f
Old High German: *īpir pl
- Middle High German: īper f
  - German: Iper (dialectal)