Proto-Germanic

*slēpaz

‘sleep’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *slēpaz.

6 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *slēpaz, most familiar first.

• sleep ← slepe ← slǣp ← *slāp
• asleep ← aslepe ← slepe ← slep ← slǣp
• sleepy ← slepy ← *slǣpiġ ← *slāpag ← *slāp
• slab ← sclabbe ← slǣp ← *slāp
• sleepless ← slepeles ← slǣplēas ← *slāpalaus ← *slāp
• eepy ← sleepy ← slepy ← *slǣpiġ ← *slāpag

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *slēpaz