Words that come from Proto-West Germanic “slāpan”

97 words across 14 languages descend from Proto-West Germanic slāpan — including sleep, sleeping, sleepy, sleeper, sleepiness, sleepily, sleepwalking, sleepover.

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English (71)

German (11)

Volapük (2)

Luxembourgish (2)

Old English (2)

Yiddish (1)

Central Franconian (1)

Cimbrian (1)

Middle English (1)

Alemannic German (1)

Tok Pisin (1)

Portuguese (1)

Old High German (1)

Middle High German (1)