Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/tapped

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

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin *tappetum (compare Italian tappeto), from and reenforced by Latin tapētum, genitive plural of tapēs (“rug, tapestry”).

Noun

*tapped m

1. carpet, tapestry

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*tapped
Genitive	*tappedas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*tapped	*tappedō, *tappedōs
Accusative	*tapped	*tappedā
Genitive	*tappedas	*tappedō
Dative	*tappedē	*tappedum
Instrumental	*tappedu	*tappedum

Alternative reconstructions

• *tapēd

Descendants

• Old English: tæpped, tæppet
  • Middle English: tapit, tapet (partially from Old French tapit)
    • English: tapet
• Old Saxon: teppid, *tappēd, *tapēd, *tepīd
  • Middle Low German: tapêt, tappêt, teppet, tapît
    • → Old Norse: tapit
      • Danish: tæppe
      • Icelandic: teppi
      • Norwegian: teppe
• Old Dutch: *teppid, *tepīd
  • Middle Dutch: tapijt, tapit, tapit (partially from Old French tapit)
    • Dutch: tapijt
      • Afrikaans: tapyt
      • → Caribbean Javanese: tapèt
      • → West Frisian: tapyt
• Old High German: teppid, tepīd, teppīd, teppih
  • Middle High German: tepit, teppit, teppet, tept, tepet, zeppet, tepich, teppich, tepech, teppech, tepch, tebich
    • German: Teppich (see there for further descendants)
    • Luxembourgish: Teppech
    • Pennsylvania German: Deppich
    • Yiddish: טעפּעך (tepekh)