Where does “slafan” come from?

slafan (Cimbrian) comes from Middle High German slāfen, from Old High German slāfan, from Proto-West Germanic slāpan, from Proto-Germanic slēpaną, from Proto-Indo-European slab- — to be weak, be languid; be weak, limp, languid.

slafan (Cimbrian): to sleep

Definitions

  1. to sleep

Ancestry of “slafan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanslāfento sleep
2Old High Germanslāfanto sleep
3Proto-West Germanicslāpanto sleep
4Proto-Germanicslēpanąto sleep
5Proto-Indo-Europeanslab-to be weak, be languid; be weak, limp, languid
Every word from Proto-Indo-European slab- →Every word from Proto-Germanic slēpaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic slāpan →
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