English
lappie
Lappie comes from Afrikaans lappie ‘diminutive of lap’, and goes back to Dutch lapje ‘a little rag’.
- Dutchc. 1500–presentlapje‘a little rag’
- Dutch, derivedc. 1500–presentlappie
- Afrikaansmodernsame form‘diminutive of lap’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Dutchc. 1500–presentlapje‘a little rag’
- Dutch, derivedc. 1500–presentlappie
- Afrikaansmodernsame form‘diminutive of lap’
- Englishtodaysame form
Every English word from Dutch lapje
Today it means
noun loincloth
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Dutch lapje / lappie