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
- An indigenous person from Lapland. One of the...
Ancestry of “Lapp”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | läpp | lip |
| 2 | Old Swedish | lapper | — |
| 3 | Finnish | lappalainen | A Sami |
| 4 | Finnish | -läinen | Front vowel variant of -lainen |
| 5 | Finnish | laji | kind, sort; species; sport |
| 6 | Old Swedish | slagh | — |
| 7 | Middle Low German | slach | — |
| 8 | Old Saxon | slag | — |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | slagi | blow, strike |
| 10 | Swedish | slagg | slag metallurgical waste material |
| 11 | Low German | slagge | — |
| 12 | Middle Low German | slagge | — |
| 13 | Middle Low German | slān | to hit, strike |
| 14 | Old Saxon | slāhan | to hit |
| 15 | Proto-West Germanic | slahan | to hit, to strike; to kill |
| 16 | Proto-Germanic | slahaną | to hit, to strike; to kill |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | slak- | to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,... |