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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/slappōną

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *slobʰ-néh₂-ti,[1] an iterative verb related to *slēpaną (to sleep).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈslɑp.pɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*slappōną[1]

  1. to be slack

Inflection

The original paradigm consisted of two stem variants, singular *slapp- against non-singular *slab-.

  • *slapaz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *slappōn
    • Old Saxon: *slappōn
      • Middle Low German: slappen
    • Old Dutch: slappon
      • Middle Dutch: slappen
        • Dutch: slappen
    • Old High German: slaffōn
      • Middle High German: slaffen
  • Old Norse: slappa, *slapa, *slabba, slafa (only attested in the reflexive 'slafast')

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*slappōn/bōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 453
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