Where does “uitslapen” come from?

uitslapen (Dutch) comes from Dutch uit, from Middle Dutch uut, from Old Dutch ūt, from Proto-West Germanic *ūt, from Proto-Germanic ūt, from Proto-Indo-European úd — out, outward.

uitslapen (Dutch): to sleep in

Definitions

  1. to sleep in

Ancestry of “uitslapen”, step by step

uitslapen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch uit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchuitout, from the inside to the outside; out, off;...
2Middle Dutchuut—
3Old Dutchūtoutside
4Proto-West Germanic*ūtout, outward
5Proto-Germanicūtout, outward
6Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward

via Dutch slapen

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
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