Where does “sleppa” come from?

sleppa (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic slīpaną, from Proto-Indo-European sley- — smooth; slick; sticky; slimy; to smear.

Ancestry of “sleppa”, step by step

sleppa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic slīpaną

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicslīpanąto slide; to grind; to sharpen
2Proto-Indo-Europeansley-smooth; slick; sticky; slimy; to smear

via Proto-Germanic *slampijaną

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*slampijaną—
2Proto-Indo-European(s)lembʰ-to hang limply; to hang loosely, hang limply

Words derived from “sleppa”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sley- →Every word from Proto-Germanic slīpaną →