tepid-

tepid-
*tepid-
germ., Substantiv:
nhd. Teppich;
ne. carpet;
Rekontruktionsbasis: ae., as., ahd.;
Etymologie:
s. lat. tapētum, Neutrum, Teppich;
vergleiche gr. τάπης (tápēs), Femininum, Teppich;
Lehnwort aus dem Iranischen;
vergleiche idg. *temp-, Verb, dehnen, ziehen, spannen, Pokorny 1064;
Weiterleben:
ae. tæpp-ed, tæpp-et, stark. Neutrum (a), Teppich, Vorhang;
Weiterleben:
as. tep-p-id 1, stark. Maskulinum (a?), stark. Neutrum (a), Teppich;
mnd. teppet, Maskulinum, Teppich, Decke;
an. tap-it, stark. Neutrum (a), Teppich, Decke;
Weiterleben:
ahd. teppid 22, tepīd*, stark. Maskulinum (a?), stark. Neutrum (a), Teppich, Decke;
mhd. tepit, teppit, teppet, stark. Maskulinum, stark. Neutrum, Teppich;
Weiterleben:
ahd. teppi 2, stark. Neutrum (ja), Teppich, Decke;
Weiterleben:
ahd. teppih* 20, stark. Maskulinum (a?), stark. Neutrum (a), Teppich, Decke;
mhd. teppich, stark. Maskulinum, stark. Neutrum, Teppich;
nhd. Teppich, Maskulinum, Teppich, Zierdecke zum Behängen der Wände, Zierdecke zum Bedecken des Fußbodens, DW 21, 256

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