Where does “*sleupan” come from?

*sleupan (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic sleupaną, from Proto-Indo-European slewb(ʰ)- — to slip, glide.

*sleupan (Proto-West Germanic): to sneak, to creep (move stealthily)

Definitions

  1. to sneak, to creep (move stealthily)

Ancestry of “*sleupan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-GermanicsleupanąTo creep, slink, sneak, slip
2Proto-Indo-Europeanslewb(ʰ)-to slip, glide

Words derived from “*sleupan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European slewb(ʰ)- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sleupaną →