Where does “lappen” come from?

lappen (Middle English) comes from Old English lapian, from Tagalog lapi, from Spanish lápiz, from Italian lapis, from Latin lapis, from Proto-Italic *lapets — stone.

lappen (Middle English): to wrap, fold

Definitions

  1. to wrap, fold

Ancestry of “lappen”, step by step

lappen traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English lapian

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishlapianto lick, lap up, suck
2Tagaloglapijoining or attaching a part to a whole; affix
3Spanishlápizpencil
4Italianlapispencil; sanguine
5Latinlapisa stone; a milestone; a boundary stone
6Proto-Italic*lapetsstone

via Old English wlappan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishwlappan—
2Proto-Germanicwrappan-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwerb-to throw, twist, bend; to turn, bend, twist; to...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel

via Middle English lap

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishlap—
2Old Englishlæppaskirt of a garment; lobe
3Proto-Germaniclappôcloth, rag; rag, cloth; cloth; rag
4Proto-Indo-Europeanleb-to hang down loosely; lip; lick

Words derived from “lappen”

Every word from Proto-Italic *lapets →Every word from Latin lapis →Every word from Italian lapis →