Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wlapp-

This Proto-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-Germanic

Alternative forms

• *wrapp-, *wreb-

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwlɑpː/

Verb

*wlapp-

1. to turn, roll, wind, fold, wrap

Descendants

• Old English: *wlappan, *wlappian; *wrappan, *wrappian
  • Middle English: wlappen; wrappen
    • Scots: lap; wrap, vrap, wraple
    • English: lap; wrap
• Frankish: *wlappan, *wlappōn
  • Old Dutch: *wlappon
    • Middle Dutch: lappen
  • → Vulgar Latin: *vuloppare, *guoluppare
    • Old French: vloper, voloper, veloper; envoluper, anveloper; desveloper
      • Middle French: envelopper; desveloper
        • French: envelopper; développer
          • → English: develop
      • → Middle English: envolupen
        • English: envelop
    • Italian: avviluppare, inviluppare, sviluppare
• Old Norse: *vrappa; *vrappla
  • Norwegian: vravla (dialectal)
  • Danish: vravle (dialectal)