Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/slāp

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *slēpaz.

Noun

*slāp m[1]

sleep

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*slāp	slāpō, slāpōs
Accusative	*slāp	*slāpā
Genitive	*slāpas	*slāpō
Dative	*slāpē	*slāpum
Instrumental	*slāpu	*slāpum

Derived terms

*slāpul

Related terms

*slāpan

Descendants

Old English: slǣp
- Middle English: slepe
  - English: sleep
  - Scots: slepe, sleip
Old Frisian: slēp
- Saterland Frisian: Släip
- West Frisian: sliep
Old Saxon: slāp
- Low German: Slaap, Slap
Old Dutch: *slāp
- Middle Dutch: slâep
  - Dutch: slaap
    - Afrikaans: slaap
Old High German: slāf
- Middle High German: slāf
  - German: Schlaf
  - Hunsrik: Schlof
  - Luxembourgish: Schlof
  - Pennsylvania German: Schlof
  - Vilamovian: śłöf
  - Yiddish: שלאָף‎ (shlof)

References

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 199: “PWGmc *slāp”

[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 199: “PWGmc *slāp”