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Where does “sleepsack” come from?

sleepsack (English) comes from English Sack, from Middle English sak, from Old English sacc, from Old English sæcc, from Proto-West Germanic sakku, from Proto-Germanic sakkuz, from Latin saccus, from Ancient Greek σάκκος — sack; sackcloth; sackcloth vestment, penitential...

sleepsack (English): A kind of wearable blanket for a baby; A device...

Definitions

  1. A kind of wearable blanket for a baby; A device...

Ancestry of “sleepsack”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishSacksack
2Middle Englishsakbag, sackcloth
3Old Englishsaccsack, bag
4Old Englishsæccbattle, strife, fighting
5Proto-West Germanicsakku—
6Proto-Germanicsakkuzsack, bag, purse
7Latinsaccussack, bag; purse, wallet, moneybag; garment of...
8Ancient Greekσάκκοςsack; sackcloth; sackcloth vestment, penitential...
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