slafan
Old High German
verb
Definitions
- to sleep
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *slēpaną (sleep) derived from Proto-Indo-European *slab- (be weak, languid, limp).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*slab-
Gloss
be weak, languid, limp
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *slab- Proto-Indo-European
- *hliwjaną Proto-Germanic
- *slēpaną Proto-Germanic
- beslæpan Old English
- slæpan Old English
- slǣpan Old English
- slepen Middle English
- slāfan Old High German
- 𐍃𐌻𐌴𐍀𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *slāpan gmw-pro
- slapan Old Dutch
- slāpan Old Dutch
- *lebäit'äk Proto-Finnic
- slapan Old Saxon
- schlipen Crimean Gothic