Where does “lepel” come from?

lepel (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch lēpel, from Old Dutch lepil, from Proto-West Germanic lapil, from Proto-Germanic lapilaz, from Proto-Indo-European labʰ- — to seize, to grab; to slurp; lick; smack.

lepel (Dutch): spoon

Definitions

  1. spoon

Ancestry of “lepel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchlēpelspoon
2Old Dutchlepil
3Proto-West Germaniclapilspoon
4Proto-Germaniclapilazspoon
5Proto-Indo-Europeanlabʰ-to seize, to grab; to slurp; lick; smack

Words derived from “lepel

Every word from Proto-Indo-European labʰ-