Where does “Schlupf” come from?

Schlupf (German) comes from German schlüpfen, from Middle High German slüpfen, from Old High German slupfen, from Proto-Germanic slupjaną.

Schlupf (German): slip; slip, slippage; hatch

Definitions

  1. slip; slip, slippage; hatch

Ancestry of “Schlupf”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanschlüpfento slip; to hatch
2Middle High Germanslüpfen—
3Old High Germanslupfen—
4Proto-Germanicslupjaną—

Words derived from “Schlupf”

Every word from Proto-Germanic slupjaną →Every word from Old High German slupfen →Every word from Middle High German slüpfen →