Where does “שלאָף” come from?

שלאָף (Yiddish) comes from Middle High German slāf, from Old High German slāf, from Proto-Germanic slap-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)leh₂b- — to hang loosely, be weak; to be weak, limp,...

שלאָף (Yiddish): sleep

Definitions

  1. sleep

Ancestry of “שלאָף”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanslāf—
2Old High Germanslāfslack
3Proto-Germanicslap-—
4Proto-Indo-European(s)leh₂b-to hang loosely, be weak; to be weak, limp,...

Words derived from “שלאָף”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)leh₂b- →Every word from Proto-Germanic slap- →Every word from Old High German slāf →