Where does “schlafen” come from?

schlafen (German) comes from Middle High German slāfen, from Old High German slāfan, from Proto-West Germanic slāpan, from Proto-Germanic slēpaną, from Proto-Indo-European slab- — to be weak, be languid; be weak, limp, languid.

schlafen (German): to sleep; to sleep on something; to wait and...

Definitions

  1. to sleep; to sleep on something; to wait and...

Ancestry of “schlafen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanslāfento sleep
2Old High Germanslāfanto sleep
3Proto-West Germanicslāpanto sleep
4Proto-Germanicslēpanąto sleep
5Proto-Indo-Europeanslab-to be weak, be languid; be weak, limp, languid

Words derived from “schlafen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European slab- →Every word from Proto-Germanic slēpaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic slāpan →