Where does “slāfan” come from?

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

slāfan (Old High German): to sleep

Definitions

  1. to sleep

Ancestry of “slāfan”, 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 “slāfan”

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