eldertongue

Old English · noun

leap

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/læ͜ɑːp/
Syllables
læ͜ɑːp (1 syllable)

Meaning

  1. basket

  2. container, vessel

  3. basketful

  4. a weel for catching fish; weely

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *laup, from Proto-Germanic *laupaz (“container, basket”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ-, *lewb- (“to peel, break off, damage”), from Proto-Indo-European *lew-, *lewH- (“to cut, divide, separate, release”). Cognate with Old Frisian lēpen (“vessel, grain measure”), Middle Low German lôp and lö̂pen (“measuring vessel, small bushel, grain measure”), Old Norse laupr (“basket”).

Descendants

leap, leep

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