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
Ancestry of “שלעפּן”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle High German | slepen | — |
| 2 | Middle Low German | slêpen | to drag, slight |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *sleupan | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | sleupaną | To creep, slink, sneak, slip |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | slewb(ʰ)- | to slip, glide |
Words derived from “שלעפּן”