Where does “slap” come from?

slap (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch slap, from Proto-Germanic slap-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)leh₂b- — to hang loosely, be weak; to be weak, limp,...

slap (Dutch): slack; weak

Definitions

  1. slack; weak

Ancestry of “slap”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchslap—
2Proto-Germanicslap-—
3Proto-Indo-European(s)leh₂b-to hang loosely, be weak; to be weak, limp,...

Words derived from “slap”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)leh₂b- →