Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/lippjō

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 Proto-Germanic *lipjô, from Proto-Germanic *lepô or *lepaz (“lip”) +‎ *-jô. Equivalent to *lep +‎ *-jō. Cognate with Old Swedish læpi, lippe, lippa (“lip”).

Noun

*lippjō m

lip

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*lippjō
Genitive	lippjini, lippjan
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*lippjō	*lippjan
Accusative	*lippjan	*lippjan
Genitive	lippjini, lippjan	*lippjanō
Dative	lippjini, lippjan	*lippjum
Instrumental	lippjini, lippjan	*lippjum

Descendants

Old English: lippa, lippe f
- Middle English: lippe
  - English: lip
  - Scots: lip
  - → Middle Welsh: llippa
    - Welsh: llipa
Old Frisian: lippa, *lippe
- Saterland Frisian: Lippe
- West Frisian: lippe
Old Saxon: *lippia
- Middle Low German: lippe, libbe
  - Low German: Lippe
    - German Low German: Lippe, Lebbe, Lipp, Lebb
  - → German: Lippe (with confluence from Central German)
  - →? Norwegian Bokmål: leppe
  - →? Norwegian Nynorsk: leppe, leppa, lippa, lippe
    - → Faroese: lippa
Old Dutch: leppa
- Middle Dutch: leppe
  - Dutch: lip
    - Afrikaans: lip
    - Negerhollands: lip, lepp
    - → Papiamentu: lep, lip, leep
Old High German: *lippa, *lipha, *lipfa (unattested, probably existed in northern dialects)
- Middle High German: lippe (Central German)
  - German: Lippe (with confluence from Middle Low German)