Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lapaną

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

According to Kroonen, a back-formed verb from the iterative *lappōną (“to lick up”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑ.pɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*lapaną

1. (West Germanic) to lick up, to lap

Inflection

Conjugation of *lapaną (strong class 6)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*lapō	*lapaų	—	*lapai	?
2nd singular	*lapizi	*lapaiz	*lap	*lapazai	*lapaizau
3rd singular	*lapidi	*lapai	*lapadau	*lapadai	*lapaidau
1st dual	*lapōz	*lapaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*lapadiz	*lapaidiz	*lapadiz	—	—
1st plural	*lapamaz	*lapaim	—	*lapandai	*lapaindau
2nd plural	*lapid	*lapaid	*lapid	*lapandai	*lapaindau
3rd plural	*lapandi	*lapain	*lapandau	*lapandai	*lapaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*lōp	*lōpį̄
2nd singular	*lōft	*lōpīz
3rd singular	*lōp	*lōpī
1st dual	*lōpū	*lōpīw
2nd dual	*lōpudiz	*lōpīdiz
1st plural	*lōpum	*lōpīm
2nd plural	*lōpud	*lōpīd
3rd plural	*lōpun	*lōpīn
	present	past
participles	*lapandz	*lapanaz

Derived terms

• *lapilaz

Related terms

• *labōną
• *lappōną
• *lapjaną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *lapan
  • Old High German: laffan
    • Middle High German: laffen
      • Alemannic German: laffen