Where does “slâpen” come from?

slâpen (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch slāpan, from Proto-West Germanic slāpan, from Proto-Germanic slēpaną, from Proto-Indo-European slab- — to be weak, be languid; be weak, limp, languid.

slâpen (Middle Dutch): to sleep

Definitions

  1. to sleep

Ancestry of “slâpen”, step by step

slâpen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Dutch slāpan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchslāpanto sleep
2Proto-West Germanicslāpanto sleep
3Proto-Germanicslēpanąto sleep
4Proto-Indo-Europeanslab-to be weak, be languid; be weak, limp, languid

via Old Saxon slapan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonslapanto sleep
2Proto-Germanic*slāpan—

Words derived from “slâpen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European slab- →Every word from Proto-Germanic slēpaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic slāpan →