Etymograph

English

Islip

Islip comes from Old English slæp ‘slippery place’, from Proto-West Germanic *slāp ‘sleep’, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic *slēpaz.

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*slēpaz‘sleep’reconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*slāp‘sleep’reconstructed
  3. Old Englishc. 450–1150slæp‘slippery place’
  4. EnglishtodayIslip

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*slēpaz‘sleep’reconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*slāp‘sleep’reconstructed
  3. Old Englishc. 450–1150slæp‘slippery place’
  4. EnglishtodayIslip

Linked words

through Proto-West Germanic *slāp ‘sleep’

asleep, sleepy, sleepless, 1 more

through Old English slæp ‘slippery place’

sleep, slab, 1 more

Today it means

name A placename: A village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in East Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref SP9878).

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *slēpaz / Islip

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