eldertongue

Old English · noun

læppa

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
weak
IPA
/ˈlæp.pɑ/
Syllables
ˈlæp · pɑ (2 syllables)
Modern English
skirtlaplobe

Meaning

  1. skirt of a garment

  2. lobe

Declension

Declension of læppa
SingularPlural
Nominative læppalæppan
Accusative læppanlæppan
Genitive læppanlæppena
Dative læppanlæppum

All forms (4)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *lappō, *lappā, from Proto-Germanic *lappaz (“cloth; rag”); further etymology uncertain, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“to hang down loosely (?)”).

Descendants

lap

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · en.wiktionary.org/wiki/læppa · CC BY-SA 4.0 licence · Attribution