Where does “slap” come from?
slap (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-West Germanic slāp, from Proto-Germanic slēpaz — sleep.
slap (Old Saxon): sleep
Ancestry of “slap”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-West Germanic | slāp | sleep |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | slēpaz | sleep |