Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/lippjō

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 *lepō (“lip”) +‎ *-jō, from Proto-Germanic *lepô.

Noun

*lippjō m

1. lip

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*lippjō
Genitive	*lippjini, *lippjan
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*lippjō	*lippjan
Accusative	*lippjan	*lippjan
Genitive	*lippjini, *lippjan	*lippjanō
Dative	*lippjini, *lippjan	*lippjum
Instrumental	*lippjini, *lippjan	*lippjum

Descendants

• Old English: lippa, lippe
  • Middle English: lippe
    • English: lip
    • Scots: lip
• Old Frisian: lippa, *lippe
  • Saterland Frisian: Lippe
  • West Frisian: lippe
• Old Saxon: *lippia
  • Middle Low German: lippe
    • Low German: Lippe
    • → German: Lippe (with confluence from Central German)
• Old Dutch: leppa
  • Middle Dutch: leppe
    • Dutch: lip
      • Afrikaans: lip
      • Negerhollands: lip, lepp
      • → Papiamentu: lep, lip, leep
• Old High German: *lippa, *lipha, *lipfa (unattested, probably existed in northern dialects)
  • Middle High German: lippe (Central German)
    • German: Lippe (with confluence from Middle Low German)