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 edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *slēpaz.

Noun edit

*slāp m[1]

  1. sleep

Inflection edit

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

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References edit

  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