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Where does “slap-” come from?

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

Ancestry of “slap-”, step by step

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

Words derived from “slap-”

  • schlaff
  • schlapp
  • Schlappschwanz
  • slap
  • slappur
  • slaf
  • slap
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