Where does “Schlaftrunk” come from?

Schlaftrunk (German) comes from German Schlaf, 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,...

Schlaftrunk (German): sleeping draught

Definitions

  1. sleeping draught

Ancestry of “Schlaftrunk”, step by step

Schlaftrunk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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,...

via German Trunk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanTrunka drink, generally mixed of several ingredients,...
2Old Frenchtrunctrunk of a tree
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)leh₂b- →