Where does “slept” come from?

slept (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk slepa, from Polish -a, from Old Polish -ą, from Proto-Slavic -a, from Proto-Indo-European -ōd.

slept (Norwegian Nynorsk): past participle of slepa; past participle of...

Definitions

  1. past participle of slepa; past participle of...

Ancestry of “slept”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskslepato drag, tow
2Polish-aforms nominative feminine nouns
3Old Polish-ąforms third person plural of verbs
4Proto-Slavic-aid
5Proto-Indo-European-ōd—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ōd →Every word from Polish -a →Every word from Proto-Slavic -a →