Where does “slāfen” come from?

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

slāfen (Middle High German): to sleep

Definitions

  1. to sleep

Ancestry of “slāfen”, step by step

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

Words derived from “slāfen”

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