Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/lappā

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-Indo-European *leb- (“to hang down loosely”).

Noun

*lappā f

rag, torn cloth

Declension

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*lappā
Genitive	*lappōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*lappā	*lappōn
Accusative	*lappōn	*lappōn
Genitive	*lappōn	*lappōnō
Dative	*lappōn	*lappōm
Instrumental	*lappōn	*lappōm

Descendants

Old English: læppa
- Middle English: lappe
  - English: lap
Old Saxon: lappo
Old Dutch: *lappa, *lap
- Middle Dutch: lap, lappe
  - Dutch: lap
Old High German: lappo, lappa
- German: Lappen
→ Old French: *labbe; labelle, label, labbelle, lambel (diminutive)
- Middle French: label, lambeau, lambel
  - French: lambeau
- Middle English: label, labelle
  - English: label
    - Dutch: label
    - French: label