Where does “slāf” come from?

slāf (Old High German) comes from Proto-Germanic slap-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)leh₂b- — to hang loosely, be weak; to be weak, limp,...

slāf (Old High German): slack

Definitions

  1. slack

Ancestry of “slāf”, step by step

slāf traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic slap-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicslap-—
2Proto-Indo-European(s)leh₂b-to hang loosely, be weak; to be weak, limp,...

via Proto-West Germanic slāp

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicslāpsleep
2Proto-Germanicslēpazsleep

Words derived from “slāf”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)leh₂b- →Every word from Proto-Germanic slap- →