Where does “slæpan” come from?

slæpan (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic slēpaną, from Proto-Indo-European slab- — to be weak, be languid; be weak, limp, languid.

slæpan (Old English): to sleep

Definitions

  1. to sleep

Ancestry of “slæpan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicslēpanąto sleep
2Proto-Indo-Europeanslab-to be weak, be languid; be weak, limp, languid
Every word from Proto-Indo-European slab- →Every word from Proto-Germanic slēpaną →
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