Where does “slāf” come from?

slāf (Middle High German) comes from Old High German slāf, from Proto-Germanic slap-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)leh₂b- — to hang loosely, be weak; to be weak, limp,...

Ancestry of “slāf”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanslāfslack
2Proto-Germanicslap-—
3Proto-Indo-European(s)leh₂b-to hang loosely, be weak; to be weak, limp,...

Words derived from “slāf”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)leh₂b- →Every word from Proto-Germanic slap- →Every word from Old High German slāf →