Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/slēpaną
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
Unclear. May be related to *slapaz (“weak, lax”)[1], itself of unclear origin, or possibly back-formed to *slabōną/*slappōną.[2]
Pronunciation
Verb
*slēpaną
Inflection
Conjugation of *slēpaną (strong class 7d)
Derived terms
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *slāpan
- Old English: slǣpan, slēpan, slāpan
- Old Frisian: slēpa
- Old Saxon: slāpan
- Old Dutch: slāpan
- Old High German: slāfan
- Gothic: 𐍃𐌻𐌴𐍀𐌰𐌽 (slēpan)
- Crimean Gothic: schlipen
References
- ^ Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) “slapen”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands[1] (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*slēpan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 453