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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/slaut
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
Uncertain; possibly related to *sleutan (“to lock, close”),[1] compare symantics of *pundu (“enclosure (for animals, water); lock”), whence English pond. Alternately, related to *slautijā (“hail”).
Noun
*slaut m
- puddle, pool
- ditch, channel
Inflection
Masculine a-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *slaut | |
Genitive | *slautas | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *slaut | *slautō, *slautōs |
Accusative | *slaut | *slautā |
Genitive | *slautas | *slautō |
Dative | *slautē | *slautum |
Instrumental | *slautu | *slautum |
Descendants
- Old Frisian: slāt
- North Frisian:
- Sylt: Sluat
- Saterland Frisian: Sloot
- West Frisian: sleat
- → Dutch: slat (dialectal)
- North Frisian:
- Old Dutch: *slōt
- Middle Dutch: slôot, slôte
- Dutch: sloot
- Afrikaans: sloot
- → English: sloot, sluit
- Afrikaans: sloot
- Dutch: sloot
- Middle Dutch: slôot, slôte
- Old Saxon: *slōt
- Middle Low German: slôt
- German Low German: Sloot
- Westphalian: Sluat
- German Low German: Sloot
- Middle Low German: slôt
References
- Matthias de Vries; Lambert Allard te Winkel (1864), “sloot”, in Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal, published 2001