Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/slāp

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *slēpaz.

Noun

*slāp m

1. sleep

Inflection

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

Derived terms

• *slāpōn
• *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
  • Middle Low German:
    • Low German: Slaap, Slap, Schlop (dative: Schlope; Westphalian: Sauerländisch, Paderbornisch)
• 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)