Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lapilaz

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *lab-, *labʰ- (“to slurp; lick; smack”), equivalent to *lapaną (“to drink; slurp; lap”) +‎ *-ilaz (agent suffix).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlɑ.pi.lɑz/

Noun

*lapilaz m

spoon

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *lapilaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*lapilaz	lapilōz, lapilōs
vocative	*lapil	lapilōz, lapilōs
accusative	*lapilą	*lapilanz
genitive	lapilas, lapilis	*lapilǫ̂
dative	*lapilai	*lapilamaz
instrumental	*lapilō	*lapilamiz

Related terms

*lapaną
*lapjaną
*lapōną

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: lepel
  - Dutch: lepel
    - Afrikaans: lepel
- Limburgish: laepel
Old High German: lepfil, leffil
- Middle High German: leffel
  - Alemannic German: Leffel, Läffel, Löffel
  - German: Löffel
  - Luxembourgish: Läffel
  - Yiddish: לעפֿל‎ (lefl)

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