Where does “slappur” come from?

slappur (Icelandic) comes from Danish slap, from Middle Low German slap, from Old Saxon slap, from Proto-West Germanic slāp, from Proto-Germanic slēpaz — sleep.

slappur (Icelandic): slack, loose; feeble, weak; ill, poorly

Definitions

  1. slack, loose; feeble, weak; ill, poorly

Ancestry of “slappur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishslaploose; limp; slack
2Middle Low Germanslap—
3Old Saxonslapsleep
4Proto-West Germanicslāpsleep
5Proto-Germanicslēpazsleep

Words derived from “slappur”

Every word from Proto-Germanic slēpaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic slāp →Every word from Old Saxon slap →
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