Where does “slaepe” come from?

slaepe (Zealandic) comes from Middle Dutch slâpen, from Old Dutch slāpan, from Proto-West Germanic slāpan, from Proto-Germanic slēpaną, from Proto-Indo-European slab- — to be weak, be languid; be weak, limp, languid.

slaepe (Zealandic): to sleep

Definitions

  1. to sleep

Ancestry of “slaepe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchslâpento sleep
2Old Dutchslāpanto sleep
3Proto-West Germanicslāpanto sleep
4Proto-Germanicslēpanąto sleep
5Proto-Indo-Europeanslab-to be weak, be languid; be weak, limp, languid
Every word from Proto-Indo-European slab- →Every word from Proto-Germanic slēpaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic slāpan →