Where does “slaap” come from?
slaap (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch slâep, from Old Dutch slāp, from Proto-West Germanic slāp, from Proto-Germanic slēpaz — sleep.
slaap (Dutch): sleep; sleepiness; temple
Definitions
- sleep; sleepiness; temple
Ancestry of “slaap”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Dutch | slâep | — |
| 2 | Old Dutch | slāp | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | slāp | sleep |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | slēpaz | sleep |
Words derived from “slaap”