Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/slaihā

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *slaihǭ.

Noun

*slaihā f[1]

sloe

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*slaihā
Genitive	*slaihōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*slaihā	*slaihōn
Accusative	*slaihōn	*slaihōn
Genitive	*slaihōn	*slaihōnō
Dative	*slaihōn	*slaihōm
Instrumental	*slaihōn	*slaihōm

Descendants

Old English: slā
- Middle English: slo
  - English: sloe
Middle Low German: slē
Middle Dutch: sleeu
- Dutch: slee, (dialectal) sleeuw
Old High German: slēha, slēwа
- German: Schlehe

References

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 314: “PWGmc *slaihā”

[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 314: “PWGmc *slaihā”