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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/slīkaną
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *sleyg-, *sleyǵ- (“to glide, smooth, spread”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsliː.kɑ.nɑ̃/
Verb
*slīkaną[1]
- to slide, to slip
Inflection
Conjugation of *slīkaną (strong class 1)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *slīkō | *slīkaų | — | *slīkai | ? |
| 2nd singular | *slīkizi | *slīkaiz | *slīk | *slīkazai | *slīkaizau |
| 3rd singular | *slīkidi | *slīkai | *slīkadau | *slīkadai | *slīkaidau |
| 1st dual | *slīkōz | *slīkaiw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *slīkadiz | *slīkaidiz | *slīkadiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *slīkamaz | *slīkaim | — | *slīkandai | *slīkaindau |
| 2nd plural | *slīkid | *slīkaid | *slīkid | *slīkandai | *slīkaindau |
| 3rd plural | *slīkandi | *slīkain | *slīkandau | *slīkandai | *slīkaindau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *slaik | *slikį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *slaiht | *slikīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *slaik | *slikī | |||
| 1st dual | *slikū | *slikīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *slikudiz | *slikīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *slikum | *slikīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *slikud | *slikīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *slikun | *slikīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *slīkandz | *slikanaz | |||
Derived terms
- *slihtaz
- *slīką
- *slīkaz
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *slīkan
- Old English: *slīcan
- Middle English: sliken
- English: slike
- Middle English: sliken
- Old Frisian: *slīka
- Saterland Frisian: slieke
- Old Saxon: *slīkan
- Middle Low German: slîken
- German Low German: slieken
- Plautdietsch: schlijken
- Middle Low German: slîken
- Old High German: slīhhan
- Middle High German: slīchen
- German: schleichen
- Luxembourgish: schläichen
- Middle High German: slīchen
- Old English: *slīcan
References
- Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*slīkanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 351