Where does “slap” come from?
slap (Danish) comes from Middle Low German slap, from Old Saxon slap, from Proto-West Germanic slāp, from Proto-Germanic slēpaz — sleep.
slap (Danish): loose; limp; slack
Ancestry of “slap”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Low German | slap | — |
| 2 | Old Saxon | slap | sleep |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | slāp | sleep |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | slēpaz | sleep |
Words derived from “slap”