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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/lappjan
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
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Verb
*lappjan[1]
- to provide food
Inflection
| Class 1 weak | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *lappjan | |
| 1st sg. past | *lapidā | |
| Infinitive | *lappjan | |
| Genitive infin. | *lappjannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *lappjannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *lappjannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *lappju | *lapidā |
| 2nd singular | *lapisi | *lapidēs, *lapidōs |
| 3rd singular | *lapiþi | *lapidē, *lapidā |
| 1st plural | *lappjum | *lapidum |
| 2nd plural | *lapiþ | *lapidud |
| 3rd plural | *lappjanþ | *lapidun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *lappjē | *lapidī |
| 2nd singular | *lappjēs | *lapidī |
| 3rd singular | *lappjē | *lapidī |
| 1st plural | *lappjēm | *lapidīm |
| 2nd plural | *lappjēþ | *lapidīd |
| 3rd plural | *lappjēn | *lapidīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *lapi | |
| Plural | *lapiþ | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *lappjandī | *lapid |
Derived terms
- *lapil
Descendants
- Old English: leppan
- ⇒ Old High German: gilepfen
References
- Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 238: “PWGmc *lapʲpʲan”