Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/lapil

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *lapilaz. Equivalent to *lappjan +‎ *-il.

Noun

*lapil m

spoon

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*lapil	lapilō, lapilōs
Accusative	*lapil	*lapilā
Genitive	*lapilas	*lapilō
Dative	*lapilē	*lapilum
Instrumental	*lapilu	*lapilum

Descendants

Old Frisian: lepel, leppel
- Saterland Frisian: Lääpel
- West Frisian: leppel
Old Saxon: lepil
- Middle Low German: lēpel, leppel
  - Low German: Lepel
  - Plautdietsch: Läpel
  - → Norn: lepel (?)
Old Dutch: *lepil
- Middle Dutch: lēpel
  - Dutch: lepel
    - Afrikaans: lepel
- Limburgish: laepel
Old High German: lepfil, leffil
- Middle High German: leffel
  - Alemannic German: Leffel, Läffel, Löffel
  - Central Franconian:
    Hunsrik: Leffel
    Luxembourgish: Läffel
  - German: Löffel
  - Rhine Franconian: Leffel, Lewwel
    Frankfurterisch: [lev̥l̩]
    Pennsylvania German: Leffel
  - Vilamovian: łefuł
  - Yiddish: לעפֿל‎ (lefl)