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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lapjaną

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From *lapaną (“to lick up, to lap”) +‎ *-janą.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈlɑp.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*lapjaną[1][2]

  1. to lick
  2. to ladle, to scoop

Inflection
Conjugation of *lapjaną (weak class 1)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *lapjō*lapjaų—*lapjai ?
2nd singular *lapisi*lapjais*lapi*lapjasai*lapjaisau
3rd singular *lapiþi*lapjai*lapjaþau*lapjaþai*lapjaiþau
1st dual *lapjōs*lapjaiw———
2nd dual *lapjaþiz*lapjaiþiz*lapjaþiz——
1st plural *lapjamaz*lapjaim—*lapjanþai*lapjainþau
2nd plural *lapiþ*lapjaiþ*lapiþ*lapjanþai*lapjainþau
3rd plural *lapjanþi*lapjain*lapjanþau*lapjanþai*lapjainþau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *lapidǭ*lapidēdį̄
2nd singular *lapidēz*lapidēdīz
3rd singular *lapidē*lapidēdī
1st dual *lapidēdū*lapidēdīw
2nd dual *lapidēdudiz*lapidēdīdiz
1st plural *lapidēdum*lapidēdīm
2nd plural *lapidēdud*lapidēdīd
3rd plural *lapidēdun*lapidēdīn
present past
participles *lapjandz*lapidaz

Descendants
  • ⇒ Proto-West Germanic: *galappjan
    • Old High German: gilepfen
  • Old Norse: lepja

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*lapan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 327: “*lapjan-”
  2. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*lapjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 236
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