Where does “שלעפּן” come from?

שלעפּן (Yiddish) comes from Middle High German slepen, from Middle Low German slêpen, from Proto-West Germanic *sleupan, from Proto-Germanic sleupaną, from Proto-Indo-European slewb(ʰ)- — to slip, glide.

שלעפּן (Yiddish): to drag, schlep

Definitions

  1. to drag, schlep

Ancestry of “שלעפּן”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanslepen—
2Middle Low Germanslêpento drag, slight
3Proto-West Germanic*sleupanto sneak, to creep (move stealthily)
4Proto-GermanicsleupanąTo creep, slink, sneak, slip
5Proto-Indo-Europeanslewb(ʰ)-to slip, glide

Words derived from “שלעפּן”

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