Where does “slapen” come from?

slapen (Low German) comes from Middle Low German slāpen, from Old Saxon slapan, from Proto-Germanic *slāpan, from Proto-Germanic slēpaną, from Proto-Indo-European slab- — to be weak, be languid; be weak, limp, languid.

slapen (Low German): to sleep

Definitions

  1. to sleep

Ancestry of “slapen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanslāpen—
2Old Saxonslapanto sleep
3Proto-Germanic*slāpan—
4Proto-Germanicslēpanąto sleep
5Proto-Indo-Europeanslab-to be weak, be languid; be weak, limp, languid
Every word from Proto-Indo-European slab- →Every word from Proto-Germanic slēpaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic *slāpan →