Where does “schleppen” come from?

schleppen (German) comes from Middle High German slepen, from Middle Low German slêpen, from Proto-West Germanic *sleupan, from Proto-Germanic sleupaną, from Proto-Indo-European slewb(ʰ)- — to slip, glide.

schleppen (German): to tow; to haul; to drag

Definitions

  1. to tow; to haul; to drag

Ancestry of “schleppen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanslepen—
2Middle Low Germanslêpento drag, slight
3Proto-West Germanic*sleupanto sneak, to creep (move stealthily)
4Proto-GermanicsleupanąTo creep, slink, sneak, slip
5Proto-Indo-Europeanslewb(ʰ)-to slip, glide

Words derived from “schleppen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European slewb(ʰ)- →