出典:Wiktionary
出典:『Wiktionary』 (2026/04/16 21:12 UTC 版)
From 中期英語 umbelappen, umbelappe (“to clothe or wrap; to enclose, envelop; to beset or encircle (an enemy); to besiege; to interlace, overlap”) [and other forms], either from:
Lappen is derived from lap, lappe (“loose part of a garment; folded or extended skirt, or loose sleeve, used to hold things; small piece of cloth or mail detached from a garment or coat of mail; a part, portion, share; a person’s lap; (also figuratively) a person’s bosom or breast; (anatomy) a loose part of the body (such as an earlobe or a lobe of the liver); female genitalia; cavity or sinus in the body; (in place names) piece of land at the edge of an estate or parish”) (from 古期英語 læppa (“skirt; (anatomy) lobe”), from Proto-Germanic *lappô (“cloth; rag”); further etymology uncertain, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“to hang down loosely (?)”)) + -en (suffix forming the infinitive of verbs).
The English word is analysable as umbe- + lap (“to enfold, envelop; to enwrap, wrap around”) or um- + belap (“to lap or wrap around, envelop, surround”).
umbelap (third-person singular simple present umbelaps, present participle umbelapping, simple past and past participle umbelapped)