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Where does “Lapp” come from?

Lapp comes from Swedish lapp, from Old Swedish lapper, from Proto-Germanic lappô, from Proto-Indo-European leb-.

Lapp (English): An indigenous person from Lapland. One of the...

Definitions

  1. An indigenous person from Lapland. One of the...

Ancestry of “Lapp”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishläpplip
2Old Swedishlapper—
3FinnishlappalainenA Sami
4Finnish-läinenFront vowel variant of -lainen
5Finnishlajikind, sort; species; sport
6Old Swedishslagh—
7Middle Low Germanslach—
8Old Saxonslag—
9Proto-West Germanicslagiblow, strike
10Swedishslagg—
11Low Germanslagge—
12Middle Low Germanslagge—
13Middle Low Germanslānto hit, strike
14Old Saxonslāhan—
15Proto-West Germanicslahanto hit, to strike; to kill
16Proto-Germanicslahanąto hit, to strike; to kill
17Proto-Indo-Europeanslak-to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...

Words derived from “Lapp”

  • Lapland
  • Laplander
  • Lappish
  • Lappland
  • Laplandish
  • Laplandic
  • Lappic
  • Lappishness
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