Where does “Schlaftablette” come from?
Schlaftablette (German) comes from German Tablette, from French tablette, from Old French tablete, from Old French -eté, from Latin -ittus, from Proto-Italic -tos, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
Schlaftablette (German): sleeping pill
Definitions
- sleeping pill
Ancestry of “Schlaftablette”, step by step
Schlaftablette traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Tablette
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Tablette | tablet; plural of Tablett |
| 2 | French | tablette | tablet; bar |
| 3 | Old French | tablete | small table; a board to be written on; tablet |
| 4 | Old French | -eté | variant of -té |
| 5 | Latin | -ittus | diminutive suffix, used to create nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tos | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
via German schlafen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | schlafen | to sleep; to sleep on something; to wait and... |
| 2 | Middle High German | slāfen | to sleep |
| 3 | Old High German | slāfan | to sleep |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | slāpan | to sleep |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | slēpaną | to sleep |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | slab- | to be weak, be languid; be weak, limp, languid |