Where does “slaap” come from?

slaap (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch slaap, from Middle Dutch slâep, from Old Dutch slāp, from Proto-West Germanic slāp, from Proto-Germanic slēpaz — sleep.

slaap (Afrikaans): sleep; To sleep

Definitions

  1. sleep; To sleep

Ancestry of “slaap”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchslaapsleep; sleepiness; temple
2Middle Dutchslâep—
3Old Dutchslāp—
4Proto-West Germanicslāpsleep
5Proto-Germanicslēpazsleep
Every word from Proto-Germanic slēpaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic slāp →Every word from Old Dutch slāp →