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Where does “slampen” come from?

slampen (Middle High German) comes from Proto-Indo-European (s)lembʰ- — to hang limply; to hang loosely, hang limply.

Ancestry of “slampen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European(s)lembʰ-to hang limply; to hang loosely, hang limply

Words derived from “slampen”

  • schlemmen
  • шљемати
  • šljemati
  • slammen
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