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Where does “slüpfen” come from?

slüpfen (Middle High German) comes from Old High German slupfen, from Proto-Germanic slupjaną.

Ancestry of “slüpfen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanslupfen—
2Proto-Germanicslupjaną—

Words derived from “slüpfen”

  • Schlüpfer
  • Unterschlupf
  • Schlupf
  • Schlupfwinkel
  • unterschlüpfen
  • schlüpfen
  • šlifer
  • шлифер
Every word from Proto-Germanic slupjaną →