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”).[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtɑp.pɔːː/

Noun

*tappô m

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

References

Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*tappōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 402

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[1] Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*tappōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 402