Where does “slepe” come from?

slepe (Middle English) comes from Old English slǣp, from Proto-Germanic *slāp, from Proto-Germanic slēpaz — sleep.

slepe (Middle English): sleep, restfulness; dream; weakness, tiredness

Definitions

  1. sleep, restfulness; dream; weakness, tiredness

Ancestry of “slepe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishslǣpsleep
2Proto-Germanic*slāp—
3Proto-Germanicslēpazsleep

Words derived from “slepe”

Every word from Proto-Germanic slēpaz →Every word from Proto-Germanic *slāp →Every word from Old English slǣp →