Where does “slapan” come from?

slapan (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-Germanic *slāpan, from Proto-Germanic slēpaną, from Proto-Indo-European slab- — to be weak, be languid; be weak, limp, languid.

slapan (Old Saxon): to sleep

Definitions

  1. to sleep

Ancestry of “slapan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*slāpan—
2Proto-Germanicslēpanąto sleep
3Proto-Indo-Europeanslab-to be weak, be languid; be weak, limp, languid

Words derived from “slapan”

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