*tappô

Runic: ᛏᚨᛈᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈtɑp.pɔːː/

noun · masculine · an-stem

Meanings

plug; tap

Etymology

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

However, compare Proto-West Germanic *stoppōn.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.tappôtappaniz
Acc.tappanųtappanunz
Gen.tappiniztappanǫ̂
Dat.tappinitappammaz
Inst.tappinētappammiz
Voc.tappôtappaniz

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Descendants

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

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