Where does “schlüpfen” come from?

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

schlüpfen (German): to slip; to hatch

Definitions

  1. to slip; to hatch

Ancestry of “schlüpfen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanslüpfen—
2Old High Germanslupfen—
3Proto-Germanicslupjaną—

Words derived from “schlüpfen”

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