Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/tapped

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

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin *tappetum (compare Italian tappeto), from and reenforced by Latin tapētum, genitive plural of tapēs (“rug, tapestry”).

Noun

*tapped m

carpet, tapestry

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*tapped
Genitive	*tappedas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*tapped	tappedō, tappedōs
Accusative	*tapped	*tappedā
Genitive	*tappedas	*tappedō
Dative	*tappedē	*tappedum
Instrumental	*tappedu	*tappedum

Alternative reconstructions

*tapēd

Descendants

Old English: tæpped, tæppet
- Middle English: tapit, tapet (partially from Old French tapit)
  - English: tapet
Old Saxon: teppid, *tappēd, *tapēd, *tepīd
- Middle Low German: tapêt, tappêt, teppet, tapît
  - → Old Norse: tapit
    - Danish: tæppe
    - Icelandic: teppi
    - Norwegian: teppe
Old Dutch: *teppid, *tepīd
- Middle Dutch: tapijt, tapit, tapit (partially from Old French tapit)
  - Dutch: tapijt
    - Afrikaans: tapyt
    - → Caribbean Javanese: tapèt
    - → West Frisian: tapyt
Old High German: teppid, tepīd, teppīd, teppih
- Middle High German: tepit, teppit, teppet, tept, tepet, zeppet, tepich, teppich, tepech, teppech, tepch, tebich
  - German: Teppich (see there for further descendants)
  - Luxembourgish: Teppech
  - Pennsylvania German: Deppich
  - Yiddish: טעפּעך (tepekh)