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Etymology · Proto-Germanic

*lappô

3 English words descend from Proto-Germanic *lappô, most common first.

lapThe loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely; a skirt; an apron.
belapTo lap or wrap around (someone or something); to envelop, to surround.
umbelapTo enshroud, to envelop; to surround.