Where does “slumen” come from?

slumen (Middle English) comes from Old English slūmian, from Proto-Germanic slūm-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)lew- — to sludge, to wash; loose, limp, flabby; limp,...

slumen (Middle English): to doze

Definitions

  1. to doze

Ancestry of “slumen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishslūmian—
2Proto-Germanicslūm-A stem meaning: slack, loose, limp, flabby
3Proto-Indo-European(s)lew-to sludge, to wash; loose, limp, flabby; limp,...

Words derived from “slumen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)lew- →Every word from Proto-Germanic slūm- →Every word from Old English slūmian →