Where does “slǣpan” come from?

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

Ancestry of “slǣpan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicslāpanto sleep
2Proto-Germanicslēpanąto sleep
3Proto-Indo-Europeanslab-to be weak, be languid; be weak, limp, languid

Words derived from “slǣpan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European slab- →Every word from Proto-Germanic slēpaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic slāpan →
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