Where does “Schlaf” come from?

Schlaf (German) comes from German slāf, from Middle High German slāf, from Old High German slāf, from Proto-Germanic slap-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)leh₂b- — to hang loosely, be weak; to be weak, limp,...

Schlaf (German): sleep; temple

Definitions

  1. sleep; temple

Ancestry of “Schlaf”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanslāf—
2Middle High Germanslāf—
3Old High Germanslāfslack
4Proto-Germanicslap-—
5Proto-Indo-European(s)leh₂b-to hang loosely, be weak; to be weak, limp,...

Words derived from “Schlaf”

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