Where does “Schlaflied” come from?

Schlaflied (German) comes from German lied, from German -er, from Old High German -āri, from Proto-West Germanic -ārī, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

Schlaflied (German): lullaby

Definitions

  1. lullaby

Ancestry of “Schlaflied”, step by step

Schlaflied traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German lied

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanliedsong musical composition sung with vocals or vocal lyrics
2German-erForms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to...
3Old High German-āriused to form agent nouns
4Proto-West Germanic-ārī-er
5Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
6Latin-āriuser
7Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

via German Schlaf

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSchlafsleep; temple
2Germanslāf
3Middle High Germanslāf
4Old High Germanslāfslack
5Proto-Germanicslap-
6Proto-Indo-European(s)leh₂b-to hang loosely, be weak; to be weak, limp,...
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios