Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/slappōną
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Proto-Germanic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *slobʰ-néh₂-ti,[1] an iterative verb related to *slēpaną (“to sleep”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
*slappōną[1]
- to be slack
Inflection[edit]
The original paradigm consisted of two stem variants, singular *slapp- against non-singular *slab-.
Conjugation of *slappōną (weak class 2)
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Proto-West Germanic: *slappōn
- Old Norse: slappa, *slapa, *slabba, slafa (only attested in the reflexive 'slafast')