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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/slak
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *slakaz.
Adjective
*slak
- weak
- Synonym: *waikw
- slack
- Synonym: *slaiw
Inflection
a-stem | |||
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Singular | Masculine | ||
Nominative | *slak | ||
Genitive | *slakas | ||
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | *slak | *slaku | *slak |
Accusative | *slakanā | *slakā | *slak |
Genitive | *slakas | *slakeʀā | *slakas |
Dative | *slakumē | *slakeʀē | *slakumē |
Instrumental | *slaku | *slakeʀu | *slaku |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | *slakē | *slakō | *slaku |
Accusative | *slakā | *slakā | *slaku |
Genitive | *slakeʀō | *slakeʀō | *slakeʀō |
Dative | *slakēm, *slakum | *slakēm, *slakum | *slakēm, *slakum |
Instrumental | *slakēm, *slakum | *slakēm, *slakum | *slakēm, *slakum |
Descendants
- Old English: slæc, sleac
- Middle English: slak
- English: slack
- Scots: slak
- Middle English: slak
- Old Saxon: slak (“slack, cowardly”)
- Middle Low German: slak
- Low German: slak
- → German: schlack (partially)
- Low German: slak
- Middle Low German: slak
- Middle Dutch: slac (“slack, loose, slow”)
- Old High German: slach (“slack, loose, slow”)
- Middle High German: slach
- German: schlack, schlach
- Middle High German: slach