Where does “slapte” come from?

slapte (Dutch) comes from Dutch te, from Middle Dutch te, from Old Dutch te, from Proto-Germanic ta, from Proto-Germanic tō, from Proto-Indo-European de — Emphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...

slapte (Dutch): slackness

Definitions

  1. slackness

Ancestry of “slapte”, step by step

slapte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch te

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchtetoo; to; located at, in, on
2Middle Dutchteat, in; to, towards; at, during
3Old Dutchte—
4Proto-Germanictato
5Proto-Germanictōto
6Proto-Indo-EuropeandeEmphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...

via Dutch slap

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchslapslack; weak
2Middle Dutchslap—
3Proto-Germanicslap-—
4Proto-Indo-European(s)leh₂b-to hang loosely, be weak; to be weak, limp,...
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