Where does “שלאָפֿלאָז” come from?

שלאָפֿלאָז (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish שלאָף, 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,...

שלאָפֿלאָז (Yiddish): sleepless

Definitions

  1. sleepless

Ancestry of “שלאָפֿלאָז”, step by step

שלאָפֿלאָז traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish שלאָף

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishשלאָףsleep
2Middle High Germanslāf—
3Old High Germanslāfslack
4Proto-Germanicslap-—
5Proto-Indo-European(s)leh₂b-to hang loosely, be weak; to be weak, limp,...

via Yiddish ־לאָז

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddish־לאָז-less
2Proto-Germaniclausazloose, free; empty, devoid; false, untrue
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanlewH-louse

Words derived from “שלאָפֿלאָז”

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