Etymograph

English

sloom

Sloom comes from Old English sluma ‘sleep, slumber’, from Proto-Germanic *slūm- ‘to be slack, loose, or limp’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lew-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)lew-‘limp, flabby’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*slūm-‘to be slack, loose, or limp’reconstructed
  3. Old Englishc. 450–1150sluma‘sleep, slumber’
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500*sloumereconstructed
  5. Englishtodaysloom

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)lew-‘limp, flabby’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*slūm-‘to be slack, loose, or limp’reconstructed
  3. Old Englishc. 450–1150sluma‘sleep, slumber’
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500*sloumereconstructed
  5. Englishtodaysloom

Linked words

through Old English sluma ‘sleep, slumber’

slumber

Another origin of sloom

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)lew-‘limp, flabby’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*slūm-‘to be slack, loose, or limp’reconstructed
  3. Old Englishc. 450–1150*slūmian‘to slumber, sleep gently’reconstructed
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500slumen
  5. Englishtodaysloom

Today it means

noun A gentle sleep; slumber.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(s)lew- / sloom

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