Where does “schlaff” come from?

schlaff (German) comes 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,...

schlaff (German): slack, limp; weak, weary

Definitions

  1. slack, limp; weak, weary

Ancestry of “schlaff”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanslāf—
2Old High Germanslāfslack
3Proto-Germanicslap-—
4Proto-Indo-European(s)leh₂b-to hang loosely, be weak; to be weak, limp,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)leh₂b- →Every word from Proto-Germanic slap- →Every word from Old High German slāf →