Where does “slap” come from?
slap (Middle Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic slap-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)leh₂b- — to hang loosely, be weak; to be weak, limp,...
Ancestry of “slap”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Germanic | slap- | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)leh₂b- | to hang loosely, be weak; to be weak, limp,... |
Words derived from “slap”