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Where does “slabrōn” come from?

slabrōn (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic slabrōną, from Proto-Indo-European slap- — to be weak, limp, languid.

Ancestry of “slabrōn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicslabrōnąto scrawl, make a mess
2Proto-Indo-Europeanslap-to be weak, limp, languid

Words derived from “slabrōn”

  • slobber
  • slobbery
  • slabber
  • slobberer
  • slabbery
  • slabberer
  • slaberen
  • slabberen
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