Where does “overslapen” come from?

overslapen (Dutch) comes from Dutch slapen, from Middle Dutch slâpen, from Old Dutch slāpan, from Proto-West Germanic slāpan, from Proto-Germanic slēpaną, from Proto-Indo-European slab- — to be weak, be languid; be weak, limp, languid.

overslapen (Dutch): to oversleep

Definitions

  1. to oversleep

Ancestry of “overslapen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchslapento sleep
2Middle Dutchslâpento sleep
3Old Dutchslāpanto sleep
4Proto-West Germanicslāpanto sleep
5Proto-Germanicslēpanąto sleep
6Proto-Indo-Europeanslab-to be weak, be languid; be weak, limp, languid
Every word from Proto-Indo-European slab- →