Where does “slâep” come from?

slâep (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch slāp, from Proto-West Germanic slāp, from Proto-Germanic slēpaz — sleep.

Ancestry of “slâep”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchslāp—
2Proto-West Germanicslāpsleep
3Proto-Germanicslēpazsleep

Words derived from “slâep”

Every word from Proto-Germanic slēpaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic slāp →Every word from Old Dutch slāp →