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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/slīmą
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *sley- (“smooth; slick; sticky; slimy”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsliː.mɑ̃/
Noun
*slīmą n
- slime
- mucus
Inflection
neuter a-stemDeclension of *slīmą (neuter a-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *slīmą | *slīmō | |
vocative | *slīmą | *slīmō | |
accusative | *slīmą | *slīmō | |
genitive | *slīmas, *slīmis | *slīmǫ̂ | |
dative | *slīmai | *slīmamaz | |
instrumental | *slīmō | *slīmamiz |
Descendants
- Old English: slīm
- Middle English: slim, slym, slyme, slime
- Scots: slyme, slime
- English: slime
- Middle English: slim, slym, slyme, slime
- Old Frisian: *slīm
- Saterland Frisian: Sliem
- West Frisian: slym; slime
- Old Saxon: slīm
- Middle Low German: slîm
- German Low German: Sliem
- Plautdietsch: Schliem
- Middle Low German: slîm
- Old Dutch: *slīm
- Middle Dutch: slijm
- Dutch: slijm
- Afrikaans: slym
- Dutch: slijm
- Middle Dutch: slijm
- Old High German: slīm
- Middle High German: slīm
- German: Schleim
- Luxembourgish: Schläim
- Middle High German: slīm
- Old Norse: slím
- Icelandic:slím
- Faroese: slím
- Norwegian: slim
- Old Swedish: slīm n, slēmber m (from *slaimaz?)
- Swedish: slem
- Danish: slim
- Gutnish: sleim, slém
- → Finnish: lima