Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/slāp

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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]

    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

    Descendants

    References

    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