Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/slēpaną

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This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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-Germanic

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Etymology

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Unclear. May be related to *slapaz (weak, lax),[1] itself of unclear origin, or possibly back-formed to *slabōną/*slappōną.[2]

Older theories tentatively derived the word from a hypothetical base *slē‑, extended in pre-Germanic as *slēb-, from earlier Proto-Indo-European *sleh₁‑, which could be related to *(s)leh₁g-; see also Latin langueō (to be faint, listless), Old English slæc (lazy).[3][4][5]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈslɛː.pɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

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*slēpaną

  1. to sleep
    Synonym: *swefaną

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*slēpan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 453
  3. ^ sleep”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
  4. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “sleep”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
  5. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “lē̆b‑”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 655