Where does “slāpan” come from?

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

slāpan (Proto-West Germanic): to sleep

Definitions

  1. to sleep

Ancestry of “slāpan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicslēpanąto sleep
2Proto-Indo-Europeanslab-to be weak, be languid; be weak, limp, languid

Words derived from “slāpan”

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