Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/īp

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

Unknown.

Noun

*īp n

1. field elm

Inflection

z-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*īp
Genitive	*īpiʀi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*īp	*īpiʀu
Accusative	*īp	*īpiʀu
Genitive	*īpiʀi	*īpiʀō
Dative	*īpiʀi	*īpiʀum
Instrumental	*īpiʀi	*īpiʀum

Derived terms

• *īpiʀilā
  • → Old French: *yperel
    • Middle French: ypereau, yppereaus
      • French: ipréau, ypréau
• *īpiʀīn
  • Old Frisian: *īperen
    • West Frisian: iperen
  • Old Dutch: *īperen
    • Middle Dutch: *ieperen
      • West Flemish: iperen, yperen
• *īpiʀīnbaum
  • Old Frisian: *īperenbām
    • West Frisian: iperenbeam
  • Old Saxon: *īpirīnbōm
    • Middle Low German: īperenbōm
      • German Low German: Ipernbaum
  • Old High German: *īpirīnbaum
    • Middle High German: *īpernbaum
      • German: Ipernbaum
• *īpīnbaum
  • Old Frisian: *īpenbām
    • West Frisian: ipenbeam
  • Old Dutch: *īpenbōm
    • Middle Dutch: *iepenbôom, *ijpenbôom
      • Dutch: iepenboom, ijpenboom, eipenboom, iepeboom (archaic)
        • Jersey Dutch: îperbôm
• *īppijā
  • Old Saxon: *īppa
    • Middle Low German: *îppe
      • German Low German: Iespe (-s- under the influence of Äsp (“asp”)?)
  • Old High German: *īppa, *īpfa
    • Middle High German: *īpfe
      • Central Franconian: Ieffa

Descendants

• Old Frisian: *īp sg, *īper pl
  • West Frisian: yp
  • Saterland Frisian: Ieper
• Old Saxon: *īp sg, *īper pl
  • Middle Low German: *īper
    • German Low German: Iper
• Old Dutch: *īp sg, *īper pl
  • Middle Dutch: *iep, *ijp sg, *ieper pl
    • Dutch: iep m, ijp (obsolete)
      • Afrikaans: iep
      • → German: Äp (dialectal)
    • West Flemish: iper, yper m or f
• Old High German: *īpir pl
  • Middle High German: īper f
    • German: Iper (dialectal)