Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/tappô

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

Of unclear origin; possibly related to Sanskrit दिप् (dip, “to push, strike (variant form of तिप् (tip, “to sprinkle”)”), Ancient Greek δέφω (déphō, “to soften, knead”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑp.pɔːː/

Noun

*tappô m

1. plug; tap

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *tappô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*tappô	*tappaniz
vocative	*tappô	*tappaniz
accusative	*tappanų	*tappanunz
genitive	*tappiniz	*tappanǫ̂
dative	*tappini	*tappammaz
instrumental	*tappinē	*tappammiz

Derived terms

• *tappijaną
• *tappōną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *tappō
  • Old English: tæppa; (tæppe)
    • Middle English: tappe
      • Scots: tapp, tap
      • English: tap
  • Old Frisian: *tappa, tap
    • Saterland Frisian: Tappe
    • West Frisian: tap, taap
  • Old Saxon: *tappo
    • Middle Low German: tappe
      • German Low German: Tapp
  • Old Dutch: *tappo
    • Middle Dutch: tappe, tap
      • Dutch: tap
  • → Old French: tape; tapon, tampon
    • Middle French: tape; tampon
      • French: tape; tampon
    • → Middle English: tampion
      • English: tampion, tampon
    • → Italian: tappo
      • → Ottoman Turkish: طپه (tıpa, tapa), طاپه (tapa), طپا (tapa)
        • Turkish: tıpa, tapa
        • → Albanian: tapë
        • → Armenian: թափա (tʻapʻa)
        • → Bulgarian: та́па (tápa)
        • → Greek: τάπα (tápa)
        • → Macedonian: тапа (tapa)
        • → Romanian: tapă
  • Old High German: zapfo, zapho
    • Middle High German: zapfe
      • German: Zapfen
      • Luxembourgish: Zap
• Old Norse: tappi
  • Icelandic: tappi
  • (Faroese: tappa)
  • Norwegian: tappe
  • Swedish: tapp
    • → Finnish: tappi
  • Danish: tap
• Gothic: *𐍄𐌰𐍀𐍀𐌰 (*tappa)
  • → Galician: tapa, tampa
  • → Portuguese: tapa, tampa
  • → Spanish: tapa
• Suevic: (?)
  • → Galician: zapa, zapón, zapar