slabber

Etymology

This word came from Middle English slaberen, from Middle Dutch slabberen (“to lap, sup, slaver, slabber”), from Old Dutch *slabron, from Proto-West Germanic *slabrōn, from Proto-Germanic *slabrōną (“to scrawl, make a mess”), ultimately imitative in origin. It is cognate with Low German slabbern (“to slabber”), German schlabbern (“to slabber”) and Icelandic slafra (“to slaver”). See also slaver.