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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/slūm-
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From base *slū-, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lew- (“slack, loose, limp, flabby”).
Verb
*slūm-
- A stem meaning: slack, loose, limp, flabby
Derived terms
- *slūmaz
- *slūmijaną
Descendants
- Old English: sluma; *slumian
- Middle English: slume, sloumbe; slumen; slumeren, slomren, slombren
- Scots: sloum, sloom, sluim; slummer
- English: sloom; slumber
- Middle English: slume, sloumbe; slumen; slumeren, slomren, slombren
- Old Frisian: slūmerja
- Saterland Frisian: slummerje
- West Frisian: slûmerje, slommerje
- Old Saxon: *slumōn
- Middle Low German: slomen, slommen; slummeren, slȫmeren
- Frankish: *slūmijan
- Old Dutch: *slumen
- Middle Dutch: slūmen; slūmeren
- Dutch: sluimeren; sloom
- Middle Dutch: slūmen; slūmeren
- Old French: esclumir (Old Picard)
- Old Dutch: *slumen
- Old High German: *slūmēn
- Middle High German: slummen; slumern, slummern
- German: schlummen; schlummern
- Middle High German: slummen; slumern, slummern
- Old Norse: *slumr
- Norwegian: slum; slumen; sluma (dialectal)
- Danish: slum