Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/lep

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

From Proto-Germanic *lepaz.

Noun

*lep n

(anatomy) lip

Inflection

z-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*lep
Genitive	*lipiʀi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*lep	*lipiʀu
Accusative	*lep	*lipiʀu
Genitive	*lipiʀi	*lipiʀō
Dative	*lipiʀi	*lipiʀum
Instrumental	*lipiʀi	*lipiʀum

Derived terms

*lippjō

Descendants

Note: All descendants were remodelled after the oblique form *lip(i)ʀ-.

⇒ Old Saxon: lepar m
⇒ Old Dutch: lëpor m
- Middle Dutch: lëper
⇒ Old High German: lefs m
- Middle High German: lefs, lebs, leps, leves, lesp m or f
⇒ Old High German: lefso m
- Middle High German: lëfse, lebse, leftze m or f
  - German: Lefze, Lebse f
⇒ Old High German: lëffur m
- → Old French: leffre (merger of regular levre and possibly OHG lëffur)
  - Middle French: leffre