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

  1. sleep; sleepiness; temple

Ancestry of “slaap”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchslâep—
2Old Dutchslāp—
3Proto-West Germanicslāpsleep
4Proto-Germanicslēpazsleep

Words derived from “slaap”

Every word from Proto-Germanic slēpaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic slāp →Every word from Old Dutch slāp →