Where does “slugabed” come from?

slugabed (English) comes from English abed, from Middle English abedde, from Old English on, from Proto-West Germanic ana, from Proto-Germanic *an, from Proto-Germanic ana, from Proto-Indo-European h₂en- — on, onto.

slugabed (English): A lazy person who lies in bed after the usual...

Definitions

  1. A lazy person who lies in bed after the usual...

Ancestry of “slugabed”, step by step

slugabed traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English abed

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishabedIn bed, or on the bed; confined to bed; To...
2Middle Englishabedde—
3Old Englishonon, in, at, among; from
4Proto-West Germanicanaon
5Proto-Germanic*an—
6Proto-Germanicanaon, at; on, onto; ana
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto

via English slug

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishslugAny of many terrestrial pulmonate gastropod...
2Middle Englishsluggelazy person
3Old English*sliċ—
4Proto-Germanic*sliki—
5Proto-Germanic*slikiz—
6Proto-Indo-Europeansleyǵ-to glide, smooth, spread; to smear; to creep; to...
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