Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lepô
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Proto-Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“lip”).[1][2]
Noun
[edit]*lepô m
Inflection
[edit]| masculine an-stemDeclension of *lepô (masculine an-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *lepô | *lepaniz | |
| vocative | *lepô | *lepaniz | |
| accusative | *lepanų | *lepanunz | |
| genitive | *lipiniz | *lepanǫ̂ | |
| dative | *lipini | *lepammaz | |
| instrumental | *lipinē | *lepammiz | |
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- ⇒? Proto-West Germanic: *lippjō (alternatively derived from Proto-West Germanic *lep < Proto-Germanic *lepaz)
- Old Norse: *lepi
- Norwegian: lepe
- >? Norwegian Bokmål: leppe (possibly native, or rather borrowed from Middle Low German)
- >? Norwegian Nynorsk: leppe (possibly native, or rather borrowed from Middle Low German)
- Old Swedish: læpi, lepe
- Swedish: läpe (dialectal)
- ⇒? Old Swedish: læpper (< *lipn-, *lepn- ?; alternatively from Old Norse *lepr < Proto-Germanic *lepaz)
- Swedish: läpp
- >? Old Swedish: lippa, lyppa, lippe (< *lipn-, *lepn- ?)
- Old Danish: læpæ
- Danish: læbe
References
[edit]- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*lep(j)ōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 241
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*lepjan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 331