Where does “sleepe” come from?

sleepe (North Frisian) comes from Old Frisian slēpa, from Proto-West Germanic slāpan, from Proto-Germanic slēpaną, from Proto-Indo-European slab- — to be weak, be languid; be weak, limp, languid.

sleepe (North Frisian): to sleep

Definitions

  1. to sleep

Ancestry of “sleepe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frisianslēpato sleep
2Proto-West Germanicslāpanto sleep
3Proto-Germanicslēpanąto sleep
4Proto-Indo-Europeanslab-to be weak, be languid; be weak, limp, languid
Every word from Proto-Indo-European slab- →Every word from Proto-Germanic slēpaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic slāpan →