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