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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.
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *lappaz, from Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“to hang down loosely”).
Noun
*lappā f
- rag, torn cloth
Declension
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Singular
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*lappā
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| Genitive
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*lappōn
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Singular
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Plural
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| Nominative
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*lappā
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*lappōn
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| Accusative
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*lappōn
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*lappōn
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| Genitive
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*lappōn
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*lappōnō
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| Dative
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*lappōn
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*lappōm, *lappum
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| Instrumental
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*lappōn
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*lappōm, *lappum
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Descendants
- Old English: læppa, lappa
- ⇒ Old English: *leppruc, *lippric
- Old Frisian: lappa
- Old Saxon: lappo
- Old Dutch: *lappa
- Old High German: lappo; lappa f
- Middle High German: lappe
- → Old French: *labbe, *labre
- ⇒ Old French: labelle, label, labbelle, lambel (diminutive)
- ⇒ Middle French: *labrer (verb)
- ⇒ Middle French: deslabrer, délabrer
- → Middle English: label, labelle